sourceforge in chicago

bob, who picked me up at the airport and gave me a wonderful welcome to chicago.

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yay, bob!

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i hadn't planned to take photos on this trip, but someone requested documentation of the fact that this is the second time i've been asked at check-in: "we're at full capacity. would you accept an upgrade to a suite?"

this time, it came with two wings, one containing this corporate boardroom, in which you could drink whiskey while dancing a tango or foxtrot.

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the other half (the suite spanned the whole side of the building) was an ordinary bedroom.

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the view from the boardroom.

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the view from the bedroom.

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the outside of the hotel. the company meeting was on the glass-enclosed top (39th) floor, a not-entirely-calming environment for those of us with no love of heights.

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the hotel with surrounding buildings. the striking green and gold carbide and carbon building is now a hard rock hotel.

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my riverside tai chi hideaway.

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directly across the river was donald trump's latest tribute to the donald trumpness of being donald trump. bob said that people bought condos there for half a million and sold them for twice that before they were even built.

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up at the bend, the wrigley building and tribune tower.

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one of these pine cones was apparently used in a 1970s action picture in which a car was launched from it into the river.

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the parking levels. boat parking is available in the basement.

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35 east wacker, which looks even better from the top of the hotel.

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spring!

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