Meet Professor Gilliland

[mamagotcha]

Meet Professor Gilliland
Originally uploaded by mamagotcha.

This is the face of a man who is telling his mom that he has just
received an offer from DePaul University. We are all stunned and
thrilled!

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[misterajc.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. Chicago is a marvelous city with a crappy climate. Culturally it is better than San Francisco in pretty much any measure (theater, comedy, museums, architecture, music of all sorts) and it even has beaches a few blocks from downtown. The public transit is fairly fast and efficient. Did I mention the weather sucks? But you are probably used to that by now, apart from the wonders of lake effect snow.

Things to check out:
Free concerts in Grant Park
B.L.U.E.S. on Halstead Street - best hole in the wall blues bar anywhere.
Anerican Gothic at the Art Institute. Also the best collection of French Impressionists outside Paris.
Second City comedy club. Sketch and improv comedy. Most of the stars of SNL started out here.
The totem pole, the German U-boat, the viking ship, Chicago's Picasso and the giant silver bean.
Sit on Shakespeare's lap, ride the very front seat of the front car of the El around the Loop, and what the hell, go up the Sears Tower.

[mamagotcha.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool, thanks for the pointers. I look forward to following up on them!