Dear Chicago, You’ll Never Guess

Like Ryan Adams, I’m out of love for New York lately, perhaps prompted by all our other recent trips to other American cities.

Favorite things from our Chicago trip:

Southwest‘s consistently on-time airplanes (at least on our route, and despite stomach-churning turbulence).

Seeing friends I’ve known for 30 years.

The bird display at the Field Museum.

A three-hour, three-bottle of champagne dinner at La Madia.

Taking a rowdy cab ride with four generations of my family.

The sewing machines at AllSaints Spitalfields, which I mistakenly took to be a gothic Singer rave.

Ditching the big camera for some iPhoneography.

Watching my five-year-old fall in love with travel.