These United States [Wednesday, May 14, 2014]

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"Welcome to Chicago!" Josh said, gesturing around, "where, as far as I know, it's done snowing for the year. But don't quote me on that. Chicago is the third most populous city in America after New York and LA and is also the only city, despite snowing nine months a year and having the wind blow all the time, in the Midwest worth visiting."

Josh.

"Seriously," he continued, "because screw Indiana especially." More than a couple passing people gave him the stink-eye for that. "There was this campaign stop and half of their counties were in different timezones and who runs a civilization like that and oh, yeah, Chicago. The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications, and transportation, and if you're not on a direct flight from one side of the country to the other, the chances are high that you'll be cooling your heels in O'Hare International Airport, home of exactly five power outlets for your laptop."

Josh.

"The food culture of Chicago is pretty unique," he said. "They serve dish-deep pizza, which as someone who grew up outside of New York I am required to scoff at and call casserole, and hot dogs with pickles on them instead of mustard and sauerkraut as God intended--" Josh, "--so you guys can try some of that after we're finished touring some of the great architecture of the city. Get out your cameras, folks, this'll be as much fun as you're legally allowed to have in flyover country."

JOSH.

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Re: Rookery Building

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"What's beyond the lobby?" Kathy asked. "Is it apartments or an office building or what?"

Re: Rookery Building

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"Offices," Josh said after consulting wiki so hopefully that's right, nodding.

Re: Rookery Building

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"I like that Wright left things open to view--like the wrought iron surfaces behind the marble, so you can see the original even as you appreciate the renovations."

And the light court ceiling was fantastic.

Re: Rookery Building

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"Yeah," Josh sighed happily. "The light makes everything seem huge. Wish we had this in the White House."

Re: Rookery Building

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"Maybe we can ask the Canadians to burn it down again," Kathy suggested impishly. "Then we can renovate to your heart's content."

Re: Rookery Building

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"Nah," Josh said, waving his hand dismissively. "They'd just send us a passive-aggressive note instead."

Josh was just making all kinds of friends today.

Re: Rookery Building

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Funny. She'd always thought that politicians had more diplomacy than that.

"We can threaten to revoke their hat status?"

Re: Rookery Building

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"Take away their strategic maple syrup reserve?" Josh suggested.

Re: Rookery Building

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"International hockey ban," she added, giggling.