Heading back to Chicago

The weather's been super nice here in Vancouver. Temperatures are around mid-upper 20s Celcius (mid-upper 70s Fahrenheit). It gets pretty hot in my apartment and I don't have air conditioning. I bought a fan on Friday to keep my place cool, but I think I'll need another one. I have all my windows and balcony door open, but I don't have any screens. Hopefully no birds will fly in. 

Yesterday I went to Granville Island to enjoy the sun and walk around. I ate a fish burger at Tony's Fish and Oyster. Actually I wanted to get the fish and chips, but didn't realize it was on the menu until after I put in my order. It's a small joint, but the fish is fresh and good. Afterwards I came upon a street performer who did Houdini's escape act from lock and chain in 60 seconds. Actually it took him 10 extra seconds and his comedic routine was nowhere near funny. Before his unexciting escape, he did his spiel on giving him money after the performance. $20+ if you really enjoyed it, $10 if you thought it was pretty good, $5 for the entertainment value and no coins because they are hard to carry. USD and CAD accepted. I don't know, but if I was a street performer, I don't think I can be picky about the form and amount of payment. Well there are no dollar bills in Canadian currency. The $1 and $2 are coins the Canadians refer to as Loonie and Toonies respectively. His stereotypical jokes of Americans were lame and his act was rather long and tiresome so I gave him $1 USD. I'm not sure why I stayed to watch until the end. I guess I just wanted to see if he really could do it.

Well, I'll be flying into Chicago on Tuesday and staying for a week, so if anyone wants to get together, let me know. I'm open to lunch, dinner or any other entertainment besides street performers (unless they are very good) any day of the week except Saturday, which I'll be attending a wedding in Milwaukee.