When I read statements like the one below by actor James Ellis, I get really homesick for Chicago.

Take Manhattan, glam it up, give it better shops and friendlier people, and you’ve got chit-town.

Btw, for those of you still in Chicago, did you know the following?

Chicago is not known as the windy city thanks to a daily hurricane blowing through its streets. The phrase was actually coined to describe the city’s notoriously corrupt politicians and the amount of bull they spouted. Though it has to be said, it does get bloody cold in winter.

I had no idea that the nickname for the city had a political reference. I really thought that Chicago was referred to as the Windy City because of the “lake effect” of Lake Michigan.