Wherever, and whenever, I travel, temperatures are unseasonably chilly. In Warsaw a few Septembers ago I bought a scarf the day I arrived and wore it every day for the next four weeks. I remember complaining, at the beginning, that it was still summer. Last year we went to Philadelphia right after Thanksgiving and ended up buying new winter coats – with hoods. This year, we went to Washington, DC, at the end of April and it was surprisingly (though not really) cool and damp. I am a one-man defense against global warming.
Today I’m flying to Chicago and, it seems, my streak will be broken. Today is to be cool but Friday, the one day I’ll have time to walk around, temperatures are expected to be in the mid-60s. Not a heat wave, but for Chicago in late October pretty nice. Back when I planned the trip I half-expected a snowstorm.
I’ll be back here on Monday.
