As I’d had an extra day in New Orleans thanks to the train tickets selling out, I ended up with one day less in Chicago, so I only ended up visiting the Field Museum and the Art Institute.

To be honest, I’d never heard of the Field Museum before reading the Dresden Files (if you’ve read Dead Beat, you’ll know why I was keen to visit). The prehistory section is possibly the best I’ve ever seen… And then of course there’s Sue.

The Art Institute’s well worth a visit. Naturally the biggest crowds were clustered around American Gothic, but just around the corner, Ivan Albright’s Picture of Dorian Gray (painted for the 1945 film) was almost entirely ignored. People, eh.

Did you spot a few very subtle hints that some sort of sporting event was happening while I was in town? I guess Chicago takes its hockey seriously.