I finally got away from Chicago. Right now, I'm im a small hotel im Queens with am excellent view of I-495. I went for a traditional orientation walk, despite the protestations of my parents. "New York at night isn't safe!" they claimed. Of course, once you've walked Detroit by night, everything else pales im comparison... At least within the confines of this nation. (Example: Paris and Amsterdam are cities I could walk and feel safe, save for pickpockets. Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, and Lanzhou felt safe due to an excess of constabulatory presence.) To boot, I discovered (to my delight) that this area is, essentially, Devon Avenue West, with a bevy of 'apteka' (pharmacy) and 'gastronom' and Russian kosher delis that would've had on earthly business being open at midnight. (Rest easy; they weren't.)