Ciao Memphis!

Well it’s time to trade in the city on the river for a city on a lake.  Goodbye to Memphis.  Hello to Evanston.

I’ve got some great pictures from the road trip below.  The most notable thing about the 551 mile journey was the US makes a lot of corn.  Seriously.  A LOT of corn.

Some first impressions of these new environs.  1:  it’s windy.  really rather windy.  2:  the lake and view is fantastic.  3:  Evanston is pretty tiny.  Chicago is huge.  It took me around an hour to get from my place into the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago.

For the active-life enthusiast, there’s a lot of options.  Lakefront mixed-use trails offer great views of downtown Chicago – both from E-ton and Lincoln Park.  Commuting the 12 miles into the heart of Chi-town is possible by bike.  Also, there’s rowing here!!!

Since I’ve spent some time in Memphis and Chicago, both music meccas, I leave you with a few youtube videos:

• Wale’s Chillin ~ once I leave DC, there would be a song about it…
• Walkin in Memphis ~ Classic Mark Cohn.  It’s got the soul of the city in it.
• Ingram Hill’s Chicago ~ Memphis band singin’ about coming home from Chicago… hmmm
• Sweet Home Chicago ~ Blues Brother classic

~ Windy Trails ~
Jessica