December 22, 2020
“Don’t let anybody tell you that O’Hare isn’t romantic,” Pete Buttigieg said in his remarks last week, when it was announced that he was President-elect Biden’s pick for the cabinet position of transportation secretary. He then went on to note that he proposed to his husband, Chasten, in a terminal at the Chicago airport.
What he didn’t mention was that the precise proposal spot was Gate B5. The
Washington Post dating and relationships writer Lisa Bonos recently offered a deep dive into this romantic little tidbit and the events that led up to it. Read her retelling for all the sweeter-than-sweet details about how the couple met, and how Gate B5 has become a sort of hallowed ground, an inanimate but all-important character in this couple’s unique love story. (Bonos has spent time reading Chasten’s memoir,
Well now, that sure is a whole lot of transportating that Pete has been involved in! He certainly looks to be the man for the job! We will allow Sam some leeway here, as he is we swear
Politico’s ‘’Transportation Reporter’’. One day we hope to be a big enough outlet to have dedicated reporters for every federal office.
Then there is
NPR. The outfit that boldly proclaimed last month they would sternly refuse to look into the Hunter Biden controversy found ample resources to look into Mayor Pete’s qualifications for his new appointment.
He said he has “a personal love of transportation,” recounting 1,000-mile-long train trips on Amtrak while in college, and said he proposed to his now-husband, Chasten, in an airport terminal. “Don’t let anyone tell you O’Hare isn’t romantic,” he joked.