A bug on the outside of a 103rd-floor window of the Sears Tower, approximately 413.5 meters above street level. For the sake of a local comparison, the peak of Grouse Mountain is 1,250 metres above sea-level. If this building was placed at the base…
Cornelius Huysmans is an ancestor on my maternal grandmother's quarter of the family (her maiden name was Huysmans and one of her middle names was Cornelia). Here's what the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica has to say about him:
A little teaser shot from Chicago. There are lots and lots to come. I'll be dragging out the touristy and arty shots here in the journal like I did with New York, and this will include some of the better shots from the club and other stuff directly…
Well, we're into the “hurry up and wait” part of the trip home.
Convergence itself was fun. The Art Institute was fabulous. Going up the Sears Tower was just weird (it is *flat* here). All in all, though, not a place I'd want do anything more than…
Well, getting up at what would have been 3 o'clock in the morning caused us to wear out at about... Well... 3 o'clock in the morning. But now we're well rested and off to do some “Toddlin'” around town. First order of
business today is a group photo…
Well, it's done. Elaine and I are going to Convergence 10 in Chicago. The C10 tickets are bought. The plane tickets are purchased. We have a reservation in the official hotel. It's all done. We're going to Chicago. And you can bet your sweet bippy…
I know I promised to put my other pictures from Chicago that aren't in my C10 gallery up and have yet to get around to it. So, here we go:
