"Can We Move Here?"

Every summer when William and I travel our hearts out (or at least try to), I always ask the inevitable question: "Can we move here".  Sometimes it is asked as quick as the plane landing on the runway, then asked again mid vacation, and then eventually it's all I can talk about at the end of a fabulous vacation. 

"Can we move here?"

"Can we move here?"

"Can we move here?"

(Am i annoying you yet? )

William's responses:

When the plane lands: "OH GAH, your already starting this?"

(he is a patient man)


Mid Trip: "Maybe"

Flying out of destination "YES!" The wheels in his head start spinning with "I can do this ____", I can work here ___", "I can maybe get my LLM at _____"

I guess this is why I married this one...

I can honestly say that I am fortunate to have the opportunity to have visited several cities all over the country, some even several times.  I always have this burst of energy to power through all the sites, indulge in all the food, and take in each cities culture and way of being.  Some cities I just love to visit and the others I just fall head over heels in love with. 

My #1 City that the inevitable question is asked "Can We Move Here" about 1.5 million times is:

CHICAGO 

I.LOVE.CHICAGO.  No words can express the happiness of when the thought of Chicago pops in my head.  It's euphoric. Your probably thinking at this point I am a freak...well you clearly are mistaken and have never visited the GREAT Chicago.

When William I flew into DC last month, we had our connection in Chicago.  As the plane took off to DC, I pressed my nose against the plane window and as the buildings got smaller and smaller, I secretly thought about stealing a parachute, jumping out of the plane, and well if I was James Bond landing right on the beach of Lake Michigan.  Yup, that's how much I love the GREAT Chicago.

I have to admit the first time I stepped foot on the soil of Chicago...I wasn't truly.madly.deeply.in.love. I had just visited NYC--and well the dynamics of both cities are quite opposite (your thoughts may differ).  NYC is fast paced, HUGE, attractive in the sense of being a tourist, yet parts of the city seem very cold and the people...are kinda loud and mean.  Chicago has a slower pace (which took me awhile to get used to), yet it is clean, young, attractive in sense of actually living there, the people are kind hearted...you know in that wholesome mid-west charisma kinda thing, and the city itself glows to me day and night.  It didn't take long on my first stay to grasp what this city has to offer and I left that fabulous vacation feeling very smitten. 

  

View from the John Hancock building 

 

 

Beautiful

 

 WHITE SOX!

Do I like Baseball? No

Do I love the White Sox? Yes!

My first baseball game I ever attended...and they win the world series...Thanks Chicago

Am I a biased bangwagon fan?  You betcha...sorry Cubs you always feel the need to have away games when I am in town...

Do I like Football?  I love football
Da Bears are our #1..

Okay...I don't want to bore you my little readers (I hope I have readers?).  My #2 top spot, you will have to wait and see....

Thanks for Reading!

689 more days until William graduates...

then Chicago HERE we come! <----Wishful thinking again...