Category Archives: Travel

This time from the Apple Store here! I prefer the store in Chicago, but this one is in the middle of SOHO which is a bit cool.
I’m just after a chicken salad in a local store – Irish prices (ie. expensive) but probably the healthiest meal I’ve had all summer!

We’re here in New York, on the final days of our trip to the USA. We’ll be heading back to Chicago tomorrow, and then back to Ireland on Friday. It’s been great here and I’ll be a little sad leaving!
See you all back home soon!

Tomorrow Martina and I leave for Boston, then on to New York a few days later. We’ll be back to Chicago for 1 day before heading home to Ireland on the 29th.
I can’t believe 3 months have gone by. It seems like only last week that I landed here first.
Now, that time has come again. I’m closing my browser, shutting down gaim, xchat, kmail for the last time. My email has been rsynced home and I have a few CDs of photos to burn.
I had a great time last night – met up with Pat and Linda and their family. I just wish we had made contact sooner!

I’m going to Boston and New York next week with Martina. I just hope the power cuts are sorted out by then! Cam has pictures from the blackout in NY. (Thanks to Garret for the link, nice new design!)

I’m in Chicago, but it’s been yet another hectic day. No rest for the wicked as they say.

Thanks Andrew for sending my old demos – I’ll have to install Vice again to take a look at them but I’m really grateful you had them lying around. I was certain I had lost the C-Force demo for good years ago!
Update! On the flight over I had the pleasure to talk to Mary Meade and her husband. Hi Mary, told you I’d mention you here!

Next time I post, I’ll be in Chicago, unless I get itchy fingers and blog something from Heathrow tomorrow afternoon!

Normal transmission will resume on Monday.

Yes, I’m back at home. Sorry Mark, can’t review LXG for you!

I’m going home tomorrow night for 2 weeks. I’ve been in Chicago for almost 6 weeks now and just got used to looking for cars on the wrong side of the road, and American lifestyle in general. I’ll be back though and staying until the end of August!
Here’s the view from my desk here. That’s The John Hancock Center where Martina and I had dinner a few weeks ago. From the 95th floor we looked down on the fireworks at Navy Pier!

When in Chicago you’re going to use the L at some stage. This is the elevated (and underground) train system that services downtown Chicago and it’s suburbs. This map is a good starting point if you want to know about the different lines and the Loop.
For reference, I’m living near “Irving Park” – follow the Brown Line from downtown and Irving Park is 3/4 of the way up.

Here’s the first few pics. They’re all drastically cut down to fit here!

Taken at North Michigan, from the river. The building in the foreground is the Wrigley Building. The background building is the Chicago Tribune Building. It’s famous for it’s unusual architecture! Thanks to Ark/#LUNI for the corrections and additional information.

This is the guy who gave us a tour last Sunday. As you can see, it was a beautiful day! Got quite windy out on the lake though! You can see the L (elevated train) travelling across the river in the background.

A lock seperates the Chicago River from Lake Michigan. This is the inner lock.

While waiting for the lock to close behind us I snapped these kids looking at the local wild fowl.

This is part of Navy Pier – a huge tourist attraction in Chicago.

A sailing ship approaches Chicago. You can see some of the downtown skyline, voted the second most beautiful skyline in the world (Sydney got first place). I think that’s the Sears Tower in-between the sails..

More pictures to come!