After a very productive but long week in Chicago, I’m back at home. It’s funny how in less than two weeks, I went from never having been there to practically living there. By there, of course, I mean the McCormick Place Hyatt and office…nowhere else.
I didn’t get too much of a feel for the city, but we had a great view and some good food (Moon Palace Chinese, and an excellent but name-escaping Thai place).
View from my hotel (Lake on the left)
Chicago from above
We are launching a new health care company with a hospital system in Chicago so I’m sure I’ll be back again and have more time to explore.
Having traveled a decent amount in the last five years, I always find it interesting how comforting the idea of “home” can be. When you travel, you rush to the airport, and within a few hours can be halfway across the country. It gives you such an appreciation of how big the country (and world is). Even so, people take comfort in the idea that somewhere, there is a small patch of land with a building on it, filled with all your stuff.
The weather in Chicago (especially earlier in the week) was freezing, so it was nice coming home to NY at 45 degrees and a crazy sunset. This is what I saw when I stepped outside (Note: Reality was not this blurry…I was dodging oncoming cars):
After sleeping 13 hours last night, I’m looking forward to just relaxing this weekend. One thing I did get to do today was watch Conan’s goodbye speech. It was pure class. I hope he gets another gig soon.
