Well, he’s in Chicago, that’s where he is!

Yes, this part of my “weekend plans” I’d been so cryptic about last week. With the assistance and collusion of Priceline, Linnaeus, and Rustitobuck, I have sneaked off to Chicago for a week to visit friends here and escape the cabin fever which had been setting in down in North Carolina. The reason for the secrecy was to surprise Datahawk, something which was accomplished quite well and enjoyably 🙂

I spent the weekend at Congenial in Racine, WI, a nice, quiet relaxacon, hanging out with the good fen there, as well as Data, Rusty, Linnaeus, Kodian, Osiris (kittylad), Crim, and Wyldekitten. It was great to be able to hang out in a relaxed setting.

So now I’m hanging around Chicago until Thursday morning, staying with Rusty. Plans are rather few so far, although I’ll be over at justincheetah‘s place tomorrow; we’ll be working together to put together a tasty meal, yay! I still need to set up some plans to see Chouette and hopefully Barbarian and Ed as well, and I’ll probably give Osiris a call at some point to see what’s shaking (since he lives all of a mile or so from here). As for today: shopping in Oak Park at Penzeys and Fannie May, with dinner tonight to be determined. But first, a late breakfast at the cool little diner a short walk from here and a leisurely reading of the Chicago Tribune. More anon!