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canyonwalkerChicago Trip Log #2
Downtown Chicago - Mon, 11 Aug 2025, 7pm
Today has been a day of alternating good and bad experiences. Getting to SJC airport and waiting for my flight was mellow. But then the flight was late. Then the flight was smooth enough that I even nodded off a bit... until later, when we hit turbulence as the pilot navigated around a storm. We landed in Chicago 40 minutes late... where the weather was beautiful. I was going to ride a train into the city, which would've taken over an hour including walking at both ends... but then I saw a pretty good price for a ride with Lyft. But then the driver drove past me, almost drove away while I was following after him waving my arms vigorously, and had a rotten orange peel sitting on the floor of his back seat when I got in. WTF? Oh, and the driver got lost in front of the hotel because he couldn't follow both spoken directions and a graphical map on his maps app.
All those little frustrations melted away when I saw my room.
I'm in a corner room at the Radisson Blu hotel downtown on Lakeshore East Park. I've got a walk-out balcony with views over the park.
My plan for dinner with colleagues this even got canceled due to a conflict. Now I'm kicking myself for not having packed leisure clothes. It's a warm evening, and the pool downstairs (I can see it from my balcony) looks inviting. Well, maybe I'll just grab a leisurely solo dinner at the hotel restaurant and come up here to enjoy the evening on the balcony.
Downtown Chicago - Mon, 11 Aug 2025, 7pm
Today has been a day of alternating good and bad experiences. Getting to SJC airport and waiting for my flight was mellow. But then the flight was late. Then the flight was smooth enough that I even nodded off a bit... until later, when we hit turbulence as the pilot navigated around a storm. We landed in Chicago 40 minutes late... where the weather was beautiful. I was going to ride a train into the city, which would've taken over an hour including walking at both ends... but then I saw a pretty good price for a ride with Lyft. But then the driver drove past me, almost drove away while I was following after him waving my arms vigorously, and had a rotten orange peel sitting on the floor of his back seat when I got in. WTF? Oh, and the driver got lost in front of the hotel because he couldn't follow both spoken directions and a graphical map on his maps app.
All those little frustrations melted away when I saw my room.
I'm in a corner room at the Radisson Blu hotel downtown on Lakeshore East Park. I've got a walk-out balcony with views over the park.
My plan for dinner with colleagues this even got canceled due to a conflict. Now I'm kicking myself for not having packed leisure clothes. It's a warm evening, and the pool downstairs (I can see it from my balcony) looks inviting. Well, maybe I'll just grab a leisurely solo dinner at the hotel restaurant and come up here to enjoy the evening on the balcony.
