This year the annual BPC (Big Professional Conference) was in Chicago, so it was a nice opportunity for me to try out some of my new spiffy rags in a fancy setting.
HQ hotels were the Sheraton and the Marriot, and it was a bit of a hike to go back and forth between the various various, but fortunately the weather was splendiferous and not at all seasonal, so we weren't at all blown away by the fabled windyness of the windy city.
There were plenty of opportunities for what I like to call "booze 'n schmooze," although of course there was a also a great deal of serious and worthy and enlightening and highly edifying interchange of ideas. Really, there was!
I chaired a panel with some of the young turks in the field. Such smart fellows, and nice guys, too. I just hope that they are all able to find work that they want. (Richard and David are on the market, Phil has a term position that looks like it will be renewed.) The discussion at our session was quite good. Later, we all went out for a little celebratory dinner at Jack's on Halsted, up in Boystown - followed by drinks at Sidetrack.
(The fourth person at the table was Richard's partner - they live in London, where Richard is finishing up a fellowship.)
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