Our hotel was right across from this humongous two story McDonalds. But there was more to it than just size. It was like a museum of furniture and cultural artifacts from the 1950s to 2000. Also, on the top floor, they sold gelato in disgustingly huge porportions (even the small would feed two people) .Sunday, November 12, 2006
A Unique McDonalds
Our hotel was right across from this humongous two story McDonalds. But there was more to it than just size. It was like a museum of furniture and cultural artifacts from the 1950s to 2000. Also, on the top floor, they sold gelato in disgustingly huge porportions (even the small would feed two people) .
Glowing Sculpture
This sulpture is by Richard Hunt, a Chicago native. Chris tells me he actually met Richard Hunt back in 1969 when he (Chris) was just kid which means he was a freshman in college, just like Anna Rae is now!
Friday, November 10, 2006
Chicago's Downtown Library
I love Seattle's modern, all glass library. But Chicago's is also beautiful but in more traditional way. The creatures on the roofline give it a very Gothic flair.
American Gothic
Grant Woods' American Gothic: Did you know that the woman was Woods' sister and the guy I believe was his dentist!
A Georgia O'Keefe
I was surprised to learn that Georgia O'Keefe had attended the Art Institute of Chicago. She has gifted the Institute with many of her works.
Art Institute
Behind me is the Art Institute of Chicago which has a breathtaking collection of works that impressed me just as much as anything I saw in the museums of Europe (maybe with exception of Picasso's Guernica which is at the Sofia Reina in Madrid). There are works by Picasso (I was disappointed that Man With a Guitar was out on loan), Monet, Van Gogh, Hopper, Matisse, Miro,O'Keefe, and many, many more. It is definitely a place worth visiting.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Fountain
This is half of the fountain in Millenium Park. There are 2 of these large rectangular prisms with faces of people that constantly change. The rectangular prisms face each other. Water spouts out of a hole between the lips of the images and spills onto a large shallow reflecting pool (only about an inch deep). As you can see, it lights up too.
Constuction
Everywhere we walked there was a new building going up. I really liked the cityscapes seen from the bridges. The buildings hug so tightly to the shoreline.
Blue on Blue
This is one of my favorite pictures of Chicago. I think the picture has great perspective and lines and the reflection of the sky on the buildings just adds to the 'cool beauty' of the composition.
This is a wide boulevard that cuts through the campus. It has a name that escapes me just now. Anyway, it is where intramural sports are played. I also saw elementary school age kids playing soccer here on Saturday. There is an ice skating rink in the middle of it, almost directly across from the hall where Anna Rae lives. My guess is that she will be adding that to her repetoire of sports activities. Goodness knows, she won't be snowboarding, this place is way too flat! The U of C has a beautiful campus and Chicago is an awesome and friendly big city, but for landscaping and geographical setting, you really can't beat the University of Washington.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
A Fierce Gargoyle
I love these mythical creatures! In France or here on an entrance gate to the U of Chicago; I find them all equally mysterious and powerful.
Family Weekend on U of C Campus
While Thursday and Friday were cloudy and rainy, the remainder of the weekend we had glorious fall weather.
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