Chicago

Well, the move wasn't quite settled yet, but we left for Chicago anyway on what seems to be our annual Halloween trip to the "windy city". I think that's it's common name, and we actually got to experience some serious wind when we were downtown on Monday.

We stayed with Katie and Kevin again in Elgin, where Roseanne was filmed. It was me, Ross, and Jen. Had a good time.

It's weird to be in that part of the country, I can't help but repeat to people that it feels so much like the USA that everyone talks about. The stereotypes and the nuclear family, and the suburbs and traditions I guess. Hard to explain. One very strange thing is how flat the land is... at the top of the Sears tower you can just see how the streets go and go on into the horizon... nothing interupting them. Here, there would be a hill or mountain fairly close by. But there, the same street can remain in a straight line.... off into the vanishing point.


It wasn't as cold there as we had thought it would be, the last few days though were pretty damn cold. Otherwise we were overdressed.


We mainly celebrated halloween on Sat, then had a party at the house on the night of. Only got a few trick or treaters though.

all in all, a very fun time in Illinois!