Friday, January 25, 2013
Newberry Day #2
I spent the day listening to other people talk. It was great. There were some really interesting papers - pirates, corpses, the pox, assasins, etc.
Tonight I ventured out into Chicago and went to a concert of Robbie Burns poetry (and music). Apparently today is Robbie Burns day. It was good, but very soprano and harpsichordy. Then I floundered around downtown trying to find my pizza that I had ordered. Delicious pizza, it turns out.
Then I got back to the hotel and for the first time in my life was confronted with valet parking. I was not expecting it. Apparently it's what the hotel does when they have so many cars they start double-parking them. I asked for an explanation of the system and he explained it like I was four - potentially a good thing since I at least understood what he was saying. However, because I was not expecting valet parking, I didn't have any cash so couldn't tip him. Now I'm flooded with guilt.
Tomorrow I'm meeting up with some Barakel people, so am naturally very excited. Then I head back to Milwaukee where, since I got no work done tonight, I have a lot of things to accomplish.
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When we visited Chicago when we were pretty young, we had this saying: "We're from the sticks and we carry our own luggage!" I think Nim was freaked out by the whole idea of giving your car keys to a stranger, especially in the big city. =)
ReplyDeleteThat saying would have done you no good here tonight. Options were not available - even though I share that freak-out of giving my keys away.
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