Chicago's winds were violent that February day. The air was unusually warm, and the city once again bounced up from its winter grave. But all at once her winds blew fiercely, Reminding us of her wrath and power. Her thumb, gargantuan and steam-punk, art-deco, futuristic, craftsman and industrial, pressing down on us as we happily walked down her sidewalks, and crossed her streets. She smiled from way up there and all around, blowing her winds with extra tenacity, forcing us from our comfortable jaunt.