Millennium Park - the bean |
Chicago is a beautiful city with wide, landscaped avenues, numerous bridges and many distinctive buildings. Millennium Park is a fun space right on Lake Michigan that has something for everyone- beaches in the summer, rock climbing, skating, Cloud Gate (aka "The Bean"), and some outdoor art that is really fun. We meet Maryanne Kennedy for dinner that night and had a wonderful meal. Maryanne treated us like visiting royalty! She provided an after dark tour of Chicago before chauffeuring us home. Chicago is just as nice at night as in the day.
with the owner of the Billy Goat Tavern |
Day two we saw Cubs v Phillies at Wrigley Field (Phils lost in 13 innings). What a great ball park. We sat in the second row of the first upper deck - these were great seats. We were able to easily buy tickets to this game. In Philly you couldn't have gotten tickets to a game the year after the World Series win for love or money, not so in Chicago, we paid less than face value. Strange! We were probably the only folks to leave Wrigley in the 8th inning to go to the Art Institute but we did. Another great Chicago experience. The AI has a wonderful impressionist collection which we enjoyed, but they also have a new modern art wing. We saw the Andy Warhol collection which I liked a lot. Another wonderful Dinner in town (Millers Pub), blue line home - heading west in the morning. More Chicago photos to come.
Chicago is a great city. Looks like you enjoyed & saw many highlights.
ReplyDeleteMagnificent Mile,AI,Cubs,Millennium Park, etc. Did you see where Pres Obama made acceptance speech to become our 1st black president? Plenty of nice pics. Up to date for now. Safe & happy travels.