Chicago Arrival

I arrived in Chicago yesterday at 1:55 pm ... flight was painless: under three hours flying time. When I got to my hotel, I looked out of my window and saw the skyscrapers and the hubbub and my first inclination was to curl up in a ball and hide. Don't worry, that summarizes only my first hour anywhere in an unfamiliar place.

By the next hour, I was hopping a bus to the McCormick Centre where the ALA conference will be taking place. The McCormick Centre is approximately five miles or so from hotels in general; the free shuttle doesn't begin until Friday. I registered and got my conference bag and the programs and exhibits catalogues which are no smaller than the size of the Christmas Wish Book!

I visited the Chicago Institute of Art which was free to the public from 5 to 9 pm. I chose three areas: American Modern Art, Impressionism and the Thorne Miniatures. but I could have spent days!