The Stills Day 24, Chicago, IL

After a few weeks in Texas, the desert and on the west coast, it’s very easy to forget what cold is. And when you step out of a bus onto the streets of Chicago, you remember realllly fast. I had bought a fall jacket a couple days ago in the hopes of having some insulation, but no good. It was absolutely frigid. Add to that that on two separate occasions I spent between 20 and 60 minutes on a street corner trying to hail cabs. I believe the high was 4¬∞C. With windchill maybe -2…

 

It was weird to work again after living in the bus for a couple days. We had been driving straight since Seattle three days before, we’re going to Detroit next and then three more bus days to Vancouver. After that touring life will return to whatever “normal” is with shows every couple days.

 

Anyways, I had long been looking forward to the stop in Chicago, not only for steak, pizza and shopping, but also because my girlfriend is there. Our warped travel schedule reduced (read: cut out) all of those things from my schedule, but at least I was able to spend some time at the apartment after the show last night. Wasn’t much time for us to spend together, but at least there was some… who knows when I’ll have a chance to spend another day there, especially with the way the schedule keeps growing…