In most of the Northern Hemisphere, people are celebrating spring. For Chicago, the onset of spring simply means that we can collectively rejoice in the knowledge that the biting wind chill and sideways sleet will end…sometime in the next two months. Probably.
For me, spring always stirs a pressing need to travel to a place where I can soak up just enough sun to get me through a lingering winter without losing my mind come the inevitably April snow storm.