| Sunday, January 13, 2002 |
08:43 - Wrapping up the weekend...
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Well, it's just a few hours till I get on the plane to come home from Chicago, and I probably shouldn't even be typing this now, because I don't want to waste any of the dwindling time left doing things I could do anywhere. So I'll keep this brief.
Chicago is a city unlike any I've been in before; the downtown is long and strung-out along the lakeside, and the size of the buildings I just can't get over. But beyond that is the sense of history that's all over the place-- even more so than in some Eastern cities. You really get a feeling of how the city has changed and evolved over the years-- unlike a lot of things in the Midwest, there's a geometry to the place and an inherent sense of direction. The river in the middle of the city is actually still in its original bed and as full as it always was, unlike in LA or San Jose. And the way they light up downtown with purple floodlighting is really cool.
I'll write more about this later, most likely. Time to get back to what I was doing (e.g. ignoring my e-mail and stuff).
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