Got together with Nancy and Eddie for breakfast, then Nancy and I headed off to Fox & Obel, a nice food market and restaurant on Illinois Avenue. We restocked the food supplies, then went back up for water at Wallgreens. My handy dandy shopping cart broke just after we loaded it up, so Eddie added our two cases of water and 3 bottles of wine to his cart and got it all back to the boats. It was a heavy load; I'm very grateful.
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| Chicago skyline reflected in the "Great Bean" |
We walked up to Millenium Park. It is a 24.5 acre park within easy walking distance of the marina. Wayne wanted to see “The Bean” which is a sculpture by Anish Kapoor called Cloud Gate. It does look like a giant bean, very shiny. Tourists were having a great time taking pictures of the bean and themselves reflected in it, so we did the same thing. It was also interesting to see the skyscrapers all around the park reflected in the bean. The Park has, among other things, a huge lawn and bandstand. They were just setting up for the US Open Raquetball Championships when we were there.
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| Bill Chastain, Wayne and Eddie Hamilton at dinner at Bubba Gump's |
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| We saw the big bean in Millenium Park, then the Big Noodle on Navy Pier, Ruth, Meredith Chastain and Nancy Hamilton. |
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| The four of us reflected in the Big Bean |
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| Along the Chicago waterway, some of the buildings fit in with the flow and colour of the water, but also reflect the buildings across the water from them. The guide called it contextual architecture. |
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| This is for Joy, it is a picture of our deep dish pizza at Gino's yesterday. |
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| Entrance to Navy Pier |
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| A beautiful fountain in the park just down the walkway and across Lake Shore Drive from us. We could see it from the harbour as we came in on Monday |
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| This girl went zipping past us as part of a group touring on Segways |
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| One of the many water taxis that operate up and down the Chicago River and Sanitary Canal |
Another looper, Andiamo, came in late this afternoon, they had come over from South Haven. We all went over to Bubba Gump's on Navy Pier for dinner this evening.
Thanks for the "pizza" photo. How deep was the cheese layer? Looks like a pizza you would have to eat with a knife and fork (or spoon).
ReplyDeleteGood shots of the bean and your group reflected in it.
Are you going to the Frank Lloyd Wright museum?
Joy
Lots of cheese and lots of sausage as well as pepperoni. We really did need to eat with a knife and fork. Unfortunately not enough time to see all of the things we wanted to see. Autumn is upon us, and we needed to get moving south, plus the fish barrier is closing on the 4th of October, and we were concerned about getting through it before then.
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