Big Shoulders (Tour Update, Part I)

Well, the Chicago leg of the tour is over, and I woke this morning to the shadows of palm fronds fluttering across the curtains and to the shock of extraordinarily loud Mexican pop music blaring from the alarm clock, which I had not set (or un-set, as the case may be), at 5:30 a.m.  I guess that means I’m in LA.

 

A brief summary of what’s happened so far: The very first event of the tour, a pre-release gathering for kids and educators at the Wickel Warehouse of Chicago’s Anderson’s...