Well, the wife says to me a week or so ago: "I know what I want for my birthday. There's a not-so-subtle hint on you computer." It was this webpage:
http://wizardworld.com/comiccon/chicago (it's now dead and shows 2017 since the convention is over) She's a huge Walking Dead fan and mostly a general fan of Norman Reedus. He was one of the celebrity gusts. We planned as quickly as we could on short notice and made the trip on Saturday along with the wife's cousin. Getting there plenty early, she got a decent place in line and kept it for hours to meet him and get an autograph. I stayed with her cousin and looped around the exhibitors and such. Left the convention later in the evening, hit the hotel, got some Jimmy John's and crashed.
Next day, a bit of breakfast and then some rest before heading out to get some Giordano's deep dish. Awesome pizza. Then, interstate and heading home. Planning on doing it next year, but getting Logan Hardware Arcade in there somewhere and perhaps seeing more of Chicago. I did get to play some VP cabs while I was at the convention wandering around, heh. They had several of them set up, including some of the new "vertigo" machines that take up less floor space. Still not a real pin, though.
