Also is it even consistent with other existing evidence…

Some issues pointed out here.
www.reddit.com/r/cosmology/...

Just below that is 2 nights in New Orleans on the way from LA to Memphis on Amtrak

New York is at the top of my list of "cities I've been to but haven't done justice to", though—I discuss some of this.

Toronto (8-hour overnight layover where I went to an izakaya at midnight), Philly (a long layover on the way to Europe) and Portland, Oregon (1 night) are the other big ones

I also like Montreal bagels better...

What I didn't go into is how some of it is the recent influx of NY-based food. Like I appreciate some of it (Paulie Gee's, Levain, Van Leeuwen), but these guys? I'm sure Obélix is better, and we don't need any more generic Italian downtown.

And we don't need tacos fron NY (Tacombi)

Something in here is how my wife (from Chi suburbs) used to resent NYC but then she stopped after living there for a bit. I didn’t but then I moved to Chicago

Move *back* to Chicago

Myaku-Myaku sweet potato sweets. Actually a really good snack

It’s a pretty book, with a 50-page chapter on Roman history. So right up my alley

My late BIL never lived in Chicago but he did draw its flag.

Century Building at State and Adams

Playlist at Intelligentsia in Monadnock was circa-1970 bangers. Unexpected but I enjoyed it