It's Better in Wyoming.

Maggie and I spent a quick 38 hours in Chicago this weekend.  Unlike the other masses of people there, we weren't running a marathon.  Oddly, though, we did get to see the last "official" finisher coming in around 3ish, before the organizers started taking down the fencing along the route. We were there for Maggie's cousin's wedding, at the Loyola chapel on Lake Michigan.  I've seen more beautiful churches, but I don't know if I've seen a church in a more beautiful setting.  Here's the school's official picture: I agree: pretty fucking beautiful.  I like a church that compels you to look out instead of only looking up . We also wondered Millenneum Park and saw the Bean.  It was ridiculously amusing. And we got to ride public transportation.  I am, obviously, so not cosmopolitan that the train still feels like an amusement park ride to me.

New Avetts and Mumford albums within a few weeks of each other: in my book this is a good September.  Currently, this is one I can't stop listenin' to: Oddly (or maybe not oddly), the song I like best from Mumford is also the last on the album, a bonus track called "Where are You Now."  It's here: