What Chicago trip? Well, funny you should ask. Last Tuesday I left to go to the American Society of Criminology's (ASC) annual meeting which was being held in Chicago. I presented my research first thing Wednesday morning at 8 AM, and then had the rest of the time to relax, go to some interesting sessions, and hang out with my grad student friends before returning home Friday.
I didn't get to do many touristy-things, but I did walk around the area a little so I thought I would share some of those pictures.
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| Inside Millennium Park |
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| The bean! |
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| Outside our hotel- The Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel |
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| Had to try Chicago deep dish pizza! |
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| Overlooking the huge lobby |
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| Navy Pier (I think) |
I presented part of my findings from my thesis and it went well. As with most young grad students, I was terrified someone would ask me this mean question that I wouldn't know the answer to, but thankfully that didn't happen so I was a happy girl!
Unfortunately, I started coming down with a bad cold Thursday night and Friday, so I was very happy to get home Friday evening. I spent most of Saturday and Sunday in bed resting and drinking a lot of hot tea/gatorade/water/soup. It was very exciting for my husband (poor guy), but he was such a good nurse!
I have all of this week off from classes for the holiday so I have spent the past two days writing and editing papers. I am very much looking forward to taking a couple days off to spend with family and really focus on all I have to be thankful for.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
That pizza looks AWESOME!! How come you didn't tell me about that? Will you fix some next time we get together? Paula
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see a post! And, I think I stayed in the Palmer House when I was 12 and my parents took me to Chicago.
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chicago looks awesome, I've never been there and I really want to go! Happy belated thanksgiving!
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