Category Chicago
Chicago – The Joffrey does Othello
The Chicago cultural scene has more than just fantastic architecture. It’s also got one of the leading American ballet companies, the Joffrey Ballet, and we were thrilled to discover that our trip fell during their run of Othello. We got to the theatre early and settled into our seats . . . moi, Amanda […]
Chicago – Grandma and the bean
Millennium Park is a great outdoor public space that sits between Lake Michigan and a pack of high-rise buildings that stretches out from the city center towards Indiana. One of it’s more memorable features is a giant sculpture called Cloud Gate. Call it what you will, it looks like a giant bean. A very large and […]
Chicago – City of architecture
Every time I come to Chicago I think, Oh man, why don’t I live here? Then I remember the horrible winters and my hankering to move to the Midwest dies down — but doesn’t go away completely. Because just look at that skyline! Any city with architecture like Chicago’s merits special consideration. In my opinion, Chicago is the best city […]
Chicago!
I’m in Chicago! It’s just for fun — a mini-vacation to break up the holiday-less months of spring. Amanda and her family (parents, sister and nephew, two grandmothers) flew in from Colorado, Utah and California. Two friends of mine from college and law school days already live here. I flew out to join the party. Naturally (because there’s […]
New York & DC – Two Snow Whites
Last night after seeing Tribes, we realized that the night was still young (it was only 9:45pm). So we ran back up to the movie theater at Lincoln Square and caught a screening of Mirror Mirror, the new Snow White movie with Julia Roberts and a handful of other interesting people. (And yes, if you’re keeping […]
Farewell Chicago
There was absolutely no point in having me stay in Chicago for another day of negotiations. We got to the offices and were shown into a conference room by the receptionist. We then got an email from the associate on the other side (my counterpart) informing us that he was in another meeting at the […]
One Day More
After last night’s break, we reconvened this morning on the 40th floor of our counterparty’s offices to resume negotiations. They began by handing us what was (in the terms of the partner I’m working with) an “F.U.” markup of the agreemnet we’ve been negotiating. In other words, in turning the draft, the other side had done everything they could […]
Dealmaking in the Windy City
As I boarded the plane to Chicago this morning, the partner I’m traveling with leaned over and said, “If anyone asks, we vote in favor of working non-stop until this agreement is done. Even if it means working all night long. Got it?” Got it. Only no one ever asked. At 5:00pm, the negotiations broke […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 