NAEA Chicago Trip Mobile

I had the great privilege of going to Chicago for the NAEA Conference thanks to the BTS-ALP. They paid for my flight, hotel, and registration. I only had to pay for food and in my typical Cornwall fashion, was rather frugal. I spent almost $30 on my first meal there. Yikes. Breakfast and lunch was accommodated by an $18 grocery run to Trader Joes including PB&J's, fruit, yogurt, milk, granola, and orange juice. My next two dinners were $15 and then $10. Not too shabby.

I traveled with a few other members of the BTS-ALP. One did not make her flight so I sat alone on the way there. We stayed at the Chicago Hilton (SO nice!). Chicago was chilly but sunny. Lake Michigan was so blue! I made a lot of good connections with Penn State while I was  there. PhD? We'll see.

Flew out the morning of Wednesday March 16, 2017.

Hotel room shared with Bruce Hucko. We got our own bathrooms.

Outside the Chicago Art Institute

The bean (a.k.a Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor)

$28.00 citrus chicken with veggies was very tasty and quite filling.

My breakfast.

My means of travel: The Divvy.  The convention center was two miles away. This cost me $10 a day and allowed me to see the city more. 

Keynote speaker. 

My profile on the NAEA app.

Teach me how to Divvy!

SO blurb

I presented at the Elementary Carousel  on Integration. In thought there would be 5-10 people at each of the four presenters tables but there were over 130 people in the room! Us four presenters cycled the room to the four large groups. I totally rocked it.

Trying to have everyone see.

The poster on the door.

Navy Pier.

The Divvy Van

Brooklyn Boulders climbing gym with Dr. Graham and the Goldsberry's

Feet shot at Shake Shack for Reesa.

Chicken burger.

ComiCon Chicago was in another area of the convention center.