Chicago-Philly-Boston: Edition 3

October 9, 2018

Another marathon trip through Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston - but always worth the effort. Bonus this year: great weather in Boston, and EVA’s Hello Kitty Shining Star!

Wave hello to AirAsia X flight from KIX to DMK!

Guess which plane I get to ride from TPE to ORD!!!

That's right! EVA's Hello Kitty Shining Star livery!

The Hello Kitty details are great.

Special barf bag.

Special slippers.

Special menu.

Special coasters.

Special tablecloth & napkin ring.

Even special toothpick!

Check out the details in the bathroom.

Even the little paper cups!

Here comes Chicago, the great Grid City!

Good autumn morning, Chicago. My how flat you look.

Uh oh - clouds rolling in. A sign of what's to come.

There's the lake!

Not-so-starry sky.

Low-hanging sky.

Clearing up?

A pano: until next time!

Next stop: Philly. Our hotel is in the stately Girard Trust Bank building.

The kind receptionist switched my room, so I could have a view of City Hall.

City Hall, in Penn Square.

I think this is the most I've seen of Philly, ever!

Philadelphia - a nondescript city?

Final stop: Boston!

Seaport World Trade Center.

This is Seaport - last time I was here, ICA stood alone!

ICA is at the end of this street - you can just see it behind the building on the LHS.

The glass building on the right is our office.

Rapelling down the glass mountain in morning sunlight.

Remember how ICA used to have a great view of the Seaport World Trade Center?

A black-and-white photo?

Strolling along the (new?) harborwalk.

The "original" downtown.

In case Philadelphia wanted to borrow.

Starting to think Boston is a bit possessive about its hole coverings.

I thought this bridge used to be perpendicular to this?

Good ol' Government Center. Looking about the same.

Bowdoin! All those years, and I never knew where it was.

Fall is in full swing!

MGH station goes beautifully with the skies above.

View from the Longfellow bridge.

Always a nice walk.

Red line hasn't changed much.

Walking along Mem Drive this year, just to change things up.

Walker Memorial looks much the same.

As does Killian Court.

This looks suspiciously green and blue!

Just a backdrop?

Hello again, Steve! See you next year!

A familiar view.

77 Mass Ave - looking good.

Warehouse - they should turn this into a residence!

Hopping new vegan lunch place in Central Square.

Haven't done this walk to Lopez in a while!

Good old Lopez Street.

The sidewalk hump has only grown.

Lopez looks... very much the same. Except for the party decorations.

Did I leave anything (else) behind?

Heading back to MIT. They've formalized this railroad crossing - finally.

Farewell to James - see you next time!

Heading back over the river.

There's a new building in the Boston Skyline! One Dalton in Back Bay.

Beautiful day to be outdoors.

Uniqlo definitely wasn't here when we were!

Trader Joe's - now selling coffee from Chiang Rai!

My first TJ's purchase in... how long!?

Just popping into the Apple Store on Boylston.

Yes yes, wouldn't this be nice?

Beautiful Boylston.

Someone's decided he's had enough of this 'walking nonsense'.

Crossing the (road at the) finish line.

John Hancock, peaking out over the library.

Afternoon reflections.

South Station - I never knew what it looked like from the outside!

A small Farmers' Market in the Greenway.

Carrots looking nice and fresh!

Greenway - great space!

Boston Tea Party and Ships museum.

And back at the beautiful ICA.

Reflections.

Good-bye, my beloved Boston! Until next time!