Chicago: Germans, Fireworks, and Great Raspberries

I’m in Chicago! I’m here on a sales trip and it’s pretty relaxing. It’s mostly been a mix of sales, homework, and adventure. The flight out on Saturday was fantastic. It just so happened that I shared a flight with Andreas the German Climber. We chatted and shared stories during the trip and the time flew (ba dum dum ching) by. That night I watched a great fireworks show from my hotel room.

Sunday night things were decidedly more lame as I stayed in to work on my paper.

Things picked up again last night when I threw academic responsibility to the wind and went out with the guys to Fogo de Chao, a well known Chicago Brazilian steakhouse. They give you a small token, one side of which is green, the other red.

When you want food, you switch it to green. And the food comes. Fast. An onslaught of meat like none I have ever seen. The first time I turned my token green and had to switch it back to red within 45 seconds for fear that my plate would be overrun by various cuts of tender salty meats.

It was a fun time.

Tonight will be another whole adventure. I’ll take pictures.

5 thoughts on “Chicago: Germans, Fireworks, and Great Raspberries

  • 11/13/2007 at 10:49 am
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    Fogo de Chao isn’t limited to Chicago though. There was one in Atlanta, that I never got a chance to visit. But I heard it was amazing.

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  • 11/13/2007 at 11:15 am
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    Wow, you’re about five hours from here. I’ll wave to the southeast.

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  • 11/13/2007 at 1:26 pm
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    There is a Brazilian steakhouse in Hartford called Braza. It’s amazing, we should go sometime!

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  • 11/13/2007 at 11:42 pm
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    I love Fogo de Chao! There’s one in Houston as well and its soooo good!

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