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Bean

Bean

Bachelor

Bachelor

Took a long weekend, my first time away from Ess and Mykala for any real length of time, and went to Chicago with Nils and company for his bachelor party. We had a great time! This was taken at the Pitchfork Music Festival.

My dad always talked about how fun it was to travel, but that he missed being able to share what he was seeing with his family. On this trip, I found out exactly what he meant. Walking downtown Chicago during the gorgeous summer weather, seeing the lake up close, eating at Longman & Eagle, playing foosball at a 1980s style arcade, seeing just how big a city can be from the window of its transit. Makes you want to share it.

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Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre

Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre

Great Lawn

Great Lawn

I’m not always a huge fan of Frank Gehry, but he sure knocked it out of the… park, when he designed the Jay Pritzker Pavillion. Mykala’s sitting on the “great lawn” that stretches out from the very high-tech bandshell. We listened to a wonderfully-performed free classical concert, put on during the Memorial Day weekend. The music was atrocious (too much modern dissonance). The night was beautiful. So was Mykala.

Chicago Spire

Chicago Spire

The view at the beginning of the magnificent Chicago Lines Architectural Tour. The nice bluish glass spire at the middle is the Adrian Smith-designed Trump Tower at center. I think it’s a great building, and the tour guide during our cruise seemed to agree.

Millenium Park

Millenium Park

This is a panoramic picture stitched from ten photographs, all depicting Millenium Park in Chicago on the evening of May 27, 2012. Mykala and I walked down from our hotel through the muggy air to sit on the pristine grass and listen to some great music. The night was perfect: the setting sun, the still air, little ones running around on the grass, couples eating picnic dinners on foot-high tables. I’m told the performers were the “Northwestern University Chorus and Symphony Orchestra with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus” — and they were great. The material, however, was not good. Very dissonant, difficult material about 9/11, former president Bush, etc. Not exactly what you expect to hear for symphony music in a park. The piece was Richard Blackford’s oratorio Not in Our Time. I would not recommend it. I would recommend Millenium Park.

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Wacker Drive Area

Wacker Drive Area

Tried to go on an architectural tour — but at $too much per person, we’ll wait until we return with more funds.

Street View

Street View

Skyscrapers from the ground look tall!

Tribune Quote

Tribune Quote

Quote on the side of the Chicago Tribune building.

Amazing Fountain 1

Amazing Fountain 1

Fountains are amazing!

Amazing Fountain 2

Amazing Fountain 2

Fountains are puzzling!

Atop the Ferris

Atop the Ferris

Hi, Mykala!

Me WIth Skyline

Me WIth Skyline

Deep Dish

Deep Dish

At the AMAZING Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria, a few blocks from our hotel in Chicago.

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Scary Pizza

Scary Pizza

Sorry about this picture of me!

Deep Dish Close-Up

Deep Dish Close-Up

We got the special crust for 75 cents extra.

Puzzled Alex

Puzzled Alex

Puppet bike

Felix of avoision writes about the Puppet Bike in downtown Chicago. Essentially, a guy pedals to an intersection, where he then sets up a puppet booth with many different characters and music.

Choreographed cats

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Metal Moose

Metal Moose

Made from car bumpers by John Kearney.

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Huge Space

Huge Space

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