It was great being a tourist downtown without a set agenda this weekend. It was not muggy, as I feared. The weather was perfect and the evenings were even comfortably warm. I made the mistake of starting out my day this morning with jeans, but it was way too hot to let that continue, so back to the hotel I went for a change of clothes.

I have been coming to Chicago for various events since at least 1996. This was probably my 11th time there.