CHI conference was fun. Meeting new people, reminiscing with old friends, attending all those cool paper sessions and talks… Now I’ll finally back in Pittsburgh with that whole pile of work waiting for me to finish. Some of the memorable parts of the trip:

Hookah Bar
Went to a hookah bar for the first time on the last night at Montreal. Our casino plans fell through that night, but the night still worked out pretty well. This was cheaper than alcohol. A few puffs made me light-headed for a while. I don’t like it too much.

Thousand Islands
This is indeed the place where the first Thousand Islands salad dressing was made. We passed by the Thousand Islands skydeck on our way back home. The view was awesome at the top of the deck. Two things I had learnt here. One, there are in fact only 997 islands here. Two, a island is a piece of land which has at least two trees on it.

Original Buffalo Wings
These wings were amazing. We dropped by the Anchor Bar in Buffalo. This was where buffalo wings originated from. We got adventurous and decided to try their Suicidal Wings, the spiciest ones they had there. I almost died. This is definitely a close contender to the Atomic Wings in Quaker Steak and Lube. We bought some for Jason and as usual, it was no sweat for him! Ugh.