Next was the Chicago LEAD. Number 1, there were 20 of us there from the burgh. Win! 2 The KC staff did a site visit in Pittsburgh earlier that same year, we were hosting in 2016 b/c, 2015 was the 25 anniversary of the ADA and they wanted it back in D.C. . Their trip here was fantastic though. We hit the Children’s Museum, Warhol, Cultural District (including the Children’s Festival) and Museums in Oakland. I bought them lunch at SAL’s and they bought Mary Ellen, Tiff, Anne and I dinner at Sonoma. Back to Chicago, we ate a lot, deep dish, Big Bole, and lots of wanuts, yes, a waffle donut. Eric and I starred in a Kennedy Center produced video. The sessions were so so, not peeking our interest. There was one cool one involving robotics but other than that… :( We got soaked in the rain one night, which was truly funny, mainly everything great about our trip happened away from the conference. I did hope to return to Chicago, which actually happened the following year, AFTA did a precon on diversity and inclusion. This trip’s most fun night for me involved dinner with two of my favorite Miami people, Cass and Peyton. Dining and grabbing a drink with these two now true adults was a ton of fun!