Aimee pointed it out, and she was right: every building in Chicago seemed to have a revolving door. Aside from a blog entry or two about it, I couldn’t find any info on why Chicago buildings share this unusual feature. A move for energy conservation in the building code is my guess, but I don’t know for sure.

Besides the four hours spent running from one end of Chicago to the other, we had a nice three days spent exploring and relaxing. I didn’t want to walk around too much for fear of tiring myself out, but on the other hand, I didn’t want to sit around and dwell on the race, either. So we did some low key neighborhood exploration, found a few photo booths, watched the ball games and the debate, and caught up with a few friends.

We enjoyed another meal at the Salt & Pepper Diner in Wrigleyville with Piero, where we ate with him last time we visited in the summer of 2003. Once again, he was spotted by four or five people whom he knew; between his stints at ImprovOlympic and French restaurant, not too far from the hotel, which we followed with drinks at the John Hancock, next door to our hotel. As Piero had told us the day before, it’s better to save the ten dollars it costs to visit the Hancock Observatory, and instead just buy a drink at The Signature Room one floor up, for a better view.



Millennium Park was our destination for our last day in the city, where we marveled at the Frank Gehry band shell and bridge, as well as the giant, untitled Anish Kapoor sculpture. Well done, Chicago.