See the St. Louis entry for the big picture

 Toronto has an amphitheatre that should be torn down and set afloat in Lake Ontario. At least that's how I feel after visiting the ultra-modern one at Millenium Park, called the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, designed by Frank Gehry. And then there's the Bean, which is a big metallic/mirrored thingy that you could just stand and look at all day. I can't begin to adequately describe it. Do a google images search and you'll see what I mean. Late in the a...

"The key for room 103, please?" I asked."I'm sorry. No guests are allowed," replied the desk clerk at the Abbott Hotel on West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lake View district."I'm not a guest. My name is Jack Drury," I said, spelling out my surname. "I'm in 103, please check the register." "We have a Mr. Lloyd and a Mr. John Drary, but that's not your name. You said—""Here, look at my passport. It's what I used to register. Look at th...

Gordon Hirst gripped the steering wheel tightly, occasionally glancing across at Anna through his sunglasses. She was wearing a loose fitting cherry red blouse, tight jeans and brown leather sandals. All the windows were down on their green Jeep Cherokee. Anna leaned back with her eyes closed and let the wind toss her chestnut hair. She looked as beautiful as when they'd first met. Not a word had passed between them in almost an hour. Whenever Anna looked in ...