My Life, As Told Between (Baby Cakes') Naps

This time of year is supposed to be Chicago at its best.  The humid days of summer are over and the biting cold of winter hasn’t settled in yet.  Rather than occupying a happy medium though, the weather oscillated between a boiling heat and a sharp cold, with the occasional rain and thunderstorm inbetween.  The schizophrenic weather resulted in ten hours at O’Hare, a cancelled flight, and much frustrated sobbing.  While at O’Hare, I picked up Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City – an account of the events surrounding the 1893 Chicago’s World Fair, with some interesting insight into American culture and architecture at the turn of the century.  It’s a true crime novel which reads more like a work of fiction (think Caleb Carr’s The Alienist).  Next on my reading list is something more lighthearted, maybe David Sedaris’ Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (which I originally started while at the airport but put aside because I was too grumpy to appreciate humor) or Jasper Fforde’s The Big Over Easy.

The litigation training session itself turned out to be much better than I expected, especially in that it left me with lots of time to catch up with some old friends and explore Chicago.  Went to a fantastic jazz club and an awful dance club.  Had drinks on top of Hancock Tower, overlooking Chicago, and deep dish pizza at Giordanos.  Visited Millenium Park, saw the Bean, did some requisite shopping on Michigan Ave (H&M!!), and became an FDR groupie.  I caught part of a great HBO movie about him right before I headed to the airport.  It was enough to trigger a mild obsession – easy enough to do since I’m usually poised on the edge between complete apathy or mild obsession anyways.  If anyone can recommend a good biography about him, let me know. . .  

Oh, and speaking of movies, I am so excited about Wallace & Gromit:  The Curse of the Were-Rabbit!  I saw The Corpse Bride recently and loved it.  As you can no doubt tell, I have the tastes of a 10 year old girl when it comes to movies.  =)

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