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On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Esmé Cowles <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I am personally looking forward to the walk. Though I live in Florida, > I've lived in colder places and have appropriate coats, etc. And I don't > have any mobility issues, and routinely walk a few miles just for fun. > > But if I didn't already own cold-weather gear that I would never need in > Florida, I would not be looking forward to walking a mile, early in the > morning or late at night, in February, in Chicago, where I could reasonably > expect it to be in the ballpark of 20°F. > From the overhead map I was a bit horrified, with the route running right parallel/adjacent to the huge freeway there. But I just "walked" the stretch from Crowne Plaza to the UIC Forum on Google Street View and it didn't seem too bad. --jay PS, I hope you like Greek food.