The most beautiful day of the year

I've wanted to start this thread so many times this year. . . there have been so many beautiful, glorious days this year and each time I think "this is probably the last really beautiful day" and then another comes along. Take yesterday morning-- what a wonderful combination of warm moist air and all the smells of autumn.

And then we get days like today and think "I guess it's all over for the year."

(or is it . . .)

Edit: First snow today!

Bouncing this thread to the top heretoforth will be considered a declaration that said bouncer considers the day upon which the bouncing occurs to be the most beautiful day of the year.

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Permalink Reply by Justin B Newman on February 29, 2012 at 4:23pm

Today was a great day for a noontime ride over to Hot Doug's. I couldn't have asked for a better end to February.

-jbn

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Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on February 29, 2012 at 4:28pm

This truly was the most beautiful day of 2012 thus far.

But Justin, the real treat for you wasn't the weather; it was the opportunity to eat at Hot Dougs. That's awesome, man.

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams 6.6 mi on February 29, 2012 at 4:33pm

Noontime on a day like this!? How long was the line? Then again, I guess it is a Wednesday...

2. Looking forward to the PM commute!

Jim S said:

This truly was the most beautiful day of 2012 thus far.

But Justin, the real treat for you wasn't the weather; it was the opportunity to eat at Hot Dougs. That's awesome, man.

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Permalink Reply by Justin B Newman on February 29, 2012 at 4:44pm

I got there about 11:15 (okay, a little before noontime), and there were 5-6 in line. When I left after eating, there was -no- line. Odd but true.

Only at Hot Doug's do you hear, "Or, we could have the Yak sausage. That looks good."

-jbn

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Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on May 15, 2012 at 12:37am

I had a glorious ride to the west loop this evening-- orange sun, long shadows, just right temperature, great smells on the air on the way over, and all of the above except the sun on the way back home.

Same deal in the morning. Definitely the most beautiful day of the year today.

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Permalink Reply by Duppie 13.5185km on August 21, 2012 at 9:33am

Bounce!

On days like this I think I am truly in love with this fine city of ours. Cool, plenty sunshine, no wind, low traffic...

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on August 21, 2012 at 12:56pm

Today is a fine example of a perfect Chicago day.

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Permalink Reply by Justin B Newman on August 21, 2012 at 1:00pm

Definitely perfect. And ... the wait at Doug's was about 5-10 minutes. :-)

-jbn

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on August 21, 2012 at 2:28pm

Now that's really a perfect day. :)

Justin B Newman said:

Definitely perfect. And ... the wait at Doug's was about 5-10 minutes. :-)

-jbn

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Permalink Reply by Duppie 13.5185km on August 21, 2012 at 9:30pm

Is it socially acceptable to bounce this thread twice a day?

My ride home was magnificent as well: Tired from work, the temps were nice, the traffic light and the sun lower on the horizon. I felt most refreshed once i got home...

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Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on September 13, 2012 at 1:02pm

Posting in arrears... while I personally like today's weather quite a bit, I think most would agree that yesterday was a most beautiful day of the year.