The city of the big shoulders

It was a great trip. We cruised around Chitown by train, by bus and on foot. A car seemed like it would have been a nuisance. The weather was beautiful, the city was alive and teeming with energy. People were friendly and outgoing, except for Nacho Mama, our waitress at Ed Debevic's--she was a real b*^#h! But then that was part of her act--she was trying not to crack a smile the whole time. The Art Institute was a highlight-- Edward Hopper's Nighthawks-- a favorite. We didn't get to go everywhere we wanted, but got a great taste of the tasty metropolis. Amtrak was OK--kind of stuck in the last century, but then that's part of the charm of traveling by rail. Nathan took tons of awesome shots, like this one of Michigan Ave. It was a ton of fun.