Greetings from Chicago

Flowers on N. Michigan Ave.
Originally uploaded by matthew boyer pdx.

Well, so far the highlights of the trip have been experiencing the city, getting lost on foot a few times, the art institute and almost walking into Roger Ebert as he ducked into the four seasons (his license plates on his black SUV, by the way, read "MOVIES"). We also tootled around the loop and the bucktown/whicker park neighborhood which is very artsy and reminds me of a mix of capital hill in seattle with hawthorne in portland.

Tomorrow, Museum of Natural History, Musuem of Contemporary Photography and more food.

By the way, I am so tired that I realized I have let my capitalization fall off. st. e.e. cummings has forgiven me.