Gone With the Windy City

[mcgillianaire]

I've just received confirmation of my trip to Chicago late next month.

On 16 March, in just over two-weeks, my dad arrives here in Montreal on his way to the Windy City for a sports medicine conference (I think!). While he's here we're gonna rent a car and make a road-trip to Toronto and Buffalo, NY. A week later I join him in Chicago where we'll rent another car and make road-trips to Detroit and Vedic City in Iowa.

Except for Buffalo and Toronto (though one-day hardly counts), these are all new places that I will be visiting. One-by-one, I am achieving my plan of visiting every major city in the US of A.




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But in more depressing news and despite upgrading to the new version of Firefox... I restarted my computer only to discover that all my bookmarks had not only disappeared (again!), but the entire profile folder had also gone for a hike.

Luckily, having learnt from my first lesson, I started a process of backing up my bookmarks at regular intervals... only to lower my guard in the last couple weeks. What a bitch. On the one hand, the majority of my bookmarks have been recovered... but I guess it's a timely reminder to make sure I don't lower my guard again.

Not where information technology is concerned at least.

Comments

You may already know this, but...

[daft.livejournal.com]

Just an FYI, be sure to check with the car rental place that it's okay to take across the border for the jaunt to Buffalo (and you really should stop at Niagara Falls if you haven't already - there's a reason it's such a big stupid tourist trap...because it's cool as heck! The Canadian side is best, no shock there.) Almost every time I've rented in the past decade there's been a specific part of the contract stating that it could NOT be taken across the border.

Wow!

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

I didn't know this!! I should've known about this by now because I was supposed to have done all the necessary research about it by now. But thank you very much for the heads-up! That's something we'll definitely have to take into account.

The last time we both visited the Niagara Falls was way back in 1992... I can still remember going there during the day when we did the Maid of the Mist journey and at night when they had the sound and lights show.

Fascinating and definitely worth the trip! We're visiting the same friends in Buffalo. Very good college mates of my dad's from medschool. One of them is the aunt of M. Night Shymalan, the director of Unbreakable, Sixth Sense, The Village etc. :)

And speaking of the devil, I was just writing a reply to your last email.

Re: Wow!

[hystericalrealm.livejournal.com]

I had to pay an extra $5 to go across the border back in October when I was summoned for fingerprinting by the US government. Definitely keep an eye out for that!

Re: Wow!

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[pappubahry.livejournal.com]

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:4TGBsy-FKvkJ:pluslive.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/JUN/172312_WAC_20JUN2004.html+javagal+srinath+throwing+elbow&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=7

I couldn't find anything more specific than this.

[hystericalrealm.livejournal.com]

Ohh! An E70! Arnav was on one of those just recently... you should ask him about it. Each seat has its own video screen, according to him. Brand new planes!

Have fun at O'Hell airport. I can't stand it. At least you're not connecting through it - that definitely makes you hate it more.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Sounds exciting! Also curious to check out this O'Hell airport which you've obviously vented your feelings about on your journal. I remember growing up reading the Almanac's about how it was like the busiest airport in the world, so I'm looking forward to checking that aspect of it out.