Chicago Trip (IS OVER!) Pic of the Day
Back in Southern California. High temperature supposed to be around 70 tomorrow. Yep, I live in Fantasyland. Hitting the ground running, though, Jimmy. I’ll fill you in soon. Chicago O’Hare Airport:
Chicago Trip Pic of the Day – 1/3
Keeping close to Rowdy Katie’s place today – writing and watching stuff. Did make a quick trek across the street to the train station, however.
Chi-town Picpost – Keeping the Flowers Warm
The Lincoln Park Conservatory is on prime land on Chicago’s lake shore. It was built in the 1890′s, so it’s not Victorian-influenced, it’s legit Victorian, magnificent glass and iron. It’s also free to the public year-round. Having never been good at retaining flower names, it’s only now, having seen many in this visit and looked [...]
Chi-town Picpost – Millennium Trail Walk
The Millennium Trail is an unpaved nature trail that threads through some land preserves between suburbs in Chicago. Presently it’s about 10 miles long with hopes to extend it to as much as 35, but a sign in the most polite bureaucrat-ese indicates some dispute between the Trail-makers and the property owners at Round Lake [...]
Chicago Trip Pic of the Day – 1/2
Made my traditional move out to the suburbs, so there will less grand sights for these last couple of days. LOLCat-style captions are welcome.
Chicago Trip Pic of the Day – 1/1
So far, 2012 has contained nothing but large portions of unhealthy food, alcohol, and football. 2012 and I are good.
Chicago Trip Pic of the Day – 12/30
Dark and gloomy out today. Spent most of it indoors, at the Art Institute:
Chicago Trip Pic of the Day – 12/29
Millennium Park, just alongside Michigan Avenue:
Chicago Trip Pic of the Day – 12/28
Lincoln Park Zoo, during their free “Zoo Lights” nighttime holiday exhibit: