April 2, 2009 -
Like I said before - I am going backwards (sometimes) thru winter in Chicago and what I have learned. Today's topic is: Raging windy cold rainstorms. Please, give me snow anytime. Last nite all I had to do was walk two little blocks back home. Chicago is NOT about the snow and cold in winter. It is about those horribly strong winds (duh...the Windy City) combined with rain. Hell....I don't think an umbrella has yet to be invented for that. Just two blocks. The most miserable two blocks I have ever walked (ummm...except for those last two miles with Emory on the Appalachain Trail a few years back where I hiked 12 miles over stones, boulders, and rocks, and lost 4 toenails). Getting back to the wind in Chicago combined with the rain...one just has to lean into it, screw the umbrella, and count until one gets home and not run over by a taxi. Hardly need a shower the next day. Tonite, however, it was in the mid 40's, pleasant and I got to walk for blocks and blocks and blocks....and never even thought about getting a cab (I seriousl thought about it last nite for two blocks but I hung in there).
Friday, April 3, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
March 30, 2009
Guess it is time to get with the blog program. Should have started this the day I arrived in Chicagoland...but now it is going to go backwards, sometimes forwards, etc. I need to catch up on all I have learned whilst living in the land of the snow and cold. Briefly, my newest Chicago moment was tonite...and it is all about the signs one sees on the sidewalks of Chicago...BEWARE of falling ice!!. Man, they were not kidding. A (hopefully) last of the season winter storm blew thru here very very early on Sunday morning - today it warmed up into the upper 30's!!! yowza. On the way back back to my very vintage apt (two blocks) from the Grill at the Westin I passed by the Hancock Tower and it was hurling ice rocks at me - at a pretty constant rate. And those ice pieces were not just little....would NOT want to be hit in the head by a 4 inch piece of ice slicing thru the atmosphere (the Hancock Tower is WAY up in the atmosphere) at who knows what rate of speed. I made it home safely. Once again.
Guess it is time to get with the blog program. Should have started this the day I arrived in Chicagoland...but now it is going to go backwards, sometimes forwards, etc. I need to catch up on all I have learned whilst living in the land of the snow and cold. Briefly, my newest Chicago moment was tonite...and it is all about the signs one sees on the sidewalks of Chicago...BEWARE of falling ice!!. Man, they were not kidding. A (hopefully) last of the season winter storm blew thru here very very early on Sunday morning - today it warmed up into the upper 30's!!! yowza. On the way back back to my very vintage apt (two blocks) from the Grill at the Westin I passed by the Hancock Tower and it was hurling ice rocks at me - at a pretty constant rate. And those ice pieces were not just little....would NOT want to be hit in the head by a 4 inch piece of ice slicing thru the atmosphere (the Hancock Tower is WAY up in the atmosphere) at who knows what rate of speed. I made it home safely. Once again.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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