Did I already tell you the aroma of chocolate in downtown Chicago is very, very real? Ross and I have smelled it many times now, walking under and amidst the towering buildings of the Loop.

Today I noticed that there was a scent wafting out of some of the buildings—including the one pictured below—opposite the hospitals on the University of Chicago campus that was reminiscent of nothing so much as coconut sticky rice. This city must like being perfumed with dessert.

Unfortunately, the rain we’ve had lately seems to have caused some amount of sewer backup in Hyde Park, so not every walk I take these days is that fragrant.