Chicago-Philly-Boston: Edition 2 October 10, 2017 A long and tiring (but worthwhile) week in Cihcago-Philly-Boston. Happy Columbus Day! View fullsize First time flying EVA. They have a unique take on the safety card. View fullsize Quick stopover with this smiley bear. View fullsize Elegant VOML served by EVA, on ornate table cloth. View fullsize Ready for sleep in these snazzy PJs. View fullsize Look at this grid. We must be in Chicago! View fullsize Where did the John Hancock Building go? View fullsize Colorful murals leading up to... View fullsize ... the Oak Street Beach. View fullsize Looking back at the Magnificent Mile. Not so Magnificent today! View fullsize These geese (and the swimmer behind them) don't seem to be bothered by the weather. View fullsize Those are some low-hanging clouds! View fullsize The city lived up to its nickname! View fullsize Closed for the season. View fullsize Crossing over the wet N Lakeshore Drive. View fullsize Really, Goose? Is there no better water source? View fullsize South Pond and its Nature Walk, in the heart of Lincoln Park. View fullsize Um, the skylines don't quite match. View fullsize Quick visit to the Lincoln Park Zoo, a very nice, medium-sized zoo. View fullsize The grand entrance. View fullsize Joe the zebra wondered why he was all alone... View fullsize ... while his smarter friends sought shelter under a bridge. View fullsize Inside the primate house. View fullsize The northern white-cheeked gibbons - who love love love to swing. View fullsize Many pink flamingos! View fullsize Two long-lost friends from Africa, reunited here? View fullsize A surly black rhino. View fullsize Passed this famous institution on the way back to the hotel. View fullsize Where many of today's comedic greats had their start. View fullsize View from my new hotel room: next to the parking lots I would never dare to use. View fullsize These gentlemen know better! View fullsize The famous Marina Towers. a.k.a. the corncob towers. View fullsize The same Chicago Theater I saw last year... but this time in daylight. View fullsize The massive Atrium building... looks like an arena! View fullsize But it's really a massive shopping complex. View fullsize Beautiful blue skies and Chicago skyline. View fullsize theMART. It's huge! View fullsize Nice seating overlooking the River Walk. Too bad Chicago's not like this year-round. View fullsize And voila: same beautiful views, but all lit up. View fullsize Ideas sing here? View fullsize View from our lovely office. Chicago is flat!! View fullsize Looking north-east. View fullsize Looking north. View fullsize And the very same views one day later!! View fullsize I guess this is the more expected Chicago fall. View fullsize Reunion dinner with our colleagues who are enjoying an extended stay in Chicago. View fullsize UBS displays its local spirit in a creative way. View fullsize What a fitting finish to our 3 long days in Chicago. View fullsize Fire-filled skies. View fullsize Dramatic good-bye. View fullsize This is the only photo from Philadelphia: the festive Jet Blue check-in counter. View fullsize End of the road, celebrating with birthday cupcakes from my kind colleagues. View fullsize Gourmet! View fullsize Back in Harvard Square; first time since 2014. View fullsize Dinner with James, former lab-mate and Lopez-mate. No one has aged! View fullsize Old City Hall; never stopped to see it while I was here. View fullsize Downtown Crossing. Hardly recognizable; they've done great things. View fullsize Yes! All stores should carry up to Size 13! View fullsize A beautiful summer day in Boston Commons. View fullsize Great morning to be outside. View fullsize True t-shirt weather! View fullsize More summer park. View fullsize These guys were confused: should they be hoarding for winter now, or are there still many months to go? View fullsize Wait a minute, isn't this a swan pond? View fullsize The ducks and the geese self-segregate. View fullsize Newbury Street looks the same! View fullsize A lone sculler on the Charles. View fullsize Picturesque sky over Boston. View fullsize MIT - looks the same! View fullsize With David, and his new shirt from Bangkok. View fullsize With Steve, in front of the Pappalardo sign. View fullsize A hack of some sort hanging in Lobby 7. View fullsize 77 Mass Ave looks much the same, too. View fullsize Nice and blue over Vassar St. View fullsize Blue skies over the power plant. View fullsize Gehry-under-blue. View fullsize More picturesque Stata Center. View fullsize Long shadows on the Longfellow Bridge. View fullsize I was here, too! View fullsize What a floppy runner. View fullsize One of the most elegant post office buildings in Boston! View fullsize Long shadows as my visit comes to an end. View fullsize Until next time, Boston!
