I'm Going to Chicago! If DC Weather Doesn't Kill Me First

[ase]

Cold, bottled unsweetened green tea is not disgusting. "Disgusting" is your first taste of Manischewitz wine during the sedar. Unsweetened green tea is just bitter and a total waste of $1.20, and only really drinkable with honey and soy milk. (And by "with", I mean 1-to-1.) So I'm not doing that again.

This is the first really hot weekend of the year: 93 F yesterday, and on track to match that today. Hence the cold tea. This is great weather, if you have nowhere to go and a cold drink on hand. If either of those conditions are not met, this is, in my opinion, not great weather. If both of those conditions are violated, it is lousy, sweaty, nasty weather. Can it please be October now?

Oh! I am traveling in May! I fly into Chicago on Tuesday, May 20th, and will be exploring the Windy City's summery charms until norabombay and I drive to WisCon on Friday. (I was a lot more excited about WisCon before RaceFail. Now I am reserving the right to sit by a pool with something more than water in my glass Sunday afternoon.) We roll out of Dairyland Monday morning-ish; I fly out of Chicago Tuesday morning. Because I am a genius, I padded my leave request (turned in before the end of February, thanks much) and will have eleven uninterrupted days off work. Chicago and Madison people: meetup? The only hard point so far is the Monday night Cubs-Pirates game.

Comments

[morineko]

Cubs-Pirates? I'll be at Red Sox-Twins that morning. Maybe if you do this again next year....

I get poisonavery all that weekend, anyway, and somehow I think we'll be enjoying ourselves having different sorts of arguments. But I really would have liked to meet you, too.

[ase]

I wish I could finagle a way to get us in the same place! Unfortunately, I can't drag you four and a half hours SE for my edification. Next time, maybe; or if you're ever in Chicago, I have crash space! With sufficient planning, we can make this work. (Or I will lose my mind and Great American Road Trip some time.)

[cathydalek]

Personaally I like unsweetened green tea ice tea. I have a jar of it in the fridge. Made it myself.

Since you'll be going to Wiscon, I assume you will be picking up a bunch of flyers and bookmarks for Capclave at first friday to take with you?

[ase]

I like hot unsweetened green, but cold, early in the morning - I really wanted something sweeter.

Hand me fliers and I will pack them for the freebie table.