Bonjour a Chicago!

I made it back from Europe, just in time to catch the tail-end of Gustav and the floods he brought to Chicago. Woo! Aside from delaying our landing 40 minutes or so, and ruling out public transit for getting home from O'Hare, it didn't turn out to be too big a deal. But it was a bit of a rude change from the gorgeous weather of Paris. Ah, well.

We spent most of the week riding around the city on Velibs, and I'm really hoping that Chicago decides to do a similar program here, as rumors have suggested. The velibs are a bike sharing program -- buying a pass lets you take bikes from stands all over the city and ride around. They were so convenient we only ended up taking public transit once.

Otherwise we did a lot of eating. L'Ami Jean was our favorite by far (the rice pudding was to die for...best dessert I've ever had), though we also had very good meals at Christophe, Chez Rene, La Dome and Le Pre Catalan. (See Hungry for Paris for full recommendations.)