Lis Sladeny Goodness & Chicago question

What's to do in Chicago on Thanksgiving day? I'm going to be arriving in the afternoon for ChicagoTARDIS. Anywhere decent to eat that isn't already booked solid? (And wouldn't you know; the best-sounding panel at the con - Gender in Who - is right when I have to leave for my plane.)


Sladeny Goodness:
Sarah Jane Newsroom has outtakes from the Sarah Jane Adventures, S1.

Big Finish has announced that they're going to do the next set of Eight and Lucie adventures as a series of half-hour downloads on Fridays, starting March 7, 2009. The complete 2-hour adventures will also be available on CD, with a bonus Christmas special. (I'll post on FFN when I find out if the downloads are for pay or free, and if the Christmas special adventure is available only to subscribers or will be for sale separately). Bonus for the SJA fans; the actor playing Clyde will be one of the voices in an adventure, playing a separate character. Another recurring, recast Who actor will be "Doctor Moon".

Many of the stories will be leaning heavily on classic Who, specifically Sarah Jane episodes, as they will include sequels to Vengance of Morbius (itself a sequel to Brain of Morbius), Seeds of Doom, and Ark in Space.

Knitting navel gazing

Part of my problem is that I'm a process knitter - I'm not half as interested in having the finished end product as I am in having something to knit. And having chosen afghans, it's too easy to decide that I want to do something else with the yarn before I've gone too far because they're such big projects. (Yes, I am about to rip out the thing I've knitted on for 2 months. I'm only in the third block anyway.)

With the trip to ChicagoTARDIS coming up and the trip to England after that, the important thing is to have a project that can be knit in close quarters (read: airline seat), doesn't require anything that TSA might confiscate, isn't boring (because plane rides are boring enough already) but also isn't too complex (because I want to put my hands on autopilot instead of staring at Lis Sladen and dedicating any of my brain to going "knit, knit, purl, no, don't yarnover.")

I *think* I have it. We'll see. I haven't decided if I'm going to call it "Time Flies" or "The Amazing 1-Row Traveling Afghan." IF it works - that's a rather big if, I'm still working out this whole designer thing - it will essentially be nine scarves stitched together, with a border added if I have enough yarn. Each strip is done in a reversible, one-row stitch, and it will create a symmetrical pattern.

If it works, pictures and instructions will be posted here (and, if I can get .pdf capability, Ravelry). As two of the strips will be the Yarn Harlot Handspun Scarf (love that stitch), I have to give it away.