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img_0003.jpg Great sculpture/art/fountain in Millennium Park |
img_0004.jpg Occasionally the faces "spit" on the visitors (who are uniformly delighted to be spat upon). |
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img_0011.jpg It's not just kids that like to pretend to walk on water, sometimes it's groomsmen from a wedding, all wearing identical shoes who slop around in the shallows. |
img_0014.jpg This is Cloud Gate (aka the "Bean"). It's enormous and although it's a simple-seeming idea, it's very beautiful. |
img_0018.jpg Wonder what those people are doing? |
img_0020.jpg Inside is the best carnival mirror of all time. |
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img_0026.jpg t's almost like you could reach out and touch the bean! Actually, you can. We were just standing a few feet too far away. Maybe next time. |
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img_0030.jpg This would be a good spot for a wedding photo. If only this humongous glob of metal weren't blocking the skyline. Sheesh! |
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img_0039.jpg Restin' by some pretty flowers. |
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img_0051.jpg Bill, doing his best imitation of the Gehry-designed pavilion in Millennium Park. |
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img_0052.jpg A better view, without Bill in the way. |
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img_0058.jpg Bill, doing his best imitation of a doofus. |
img_0065.jpg Detail of the Robie House brickwork. Frank Lloyd Wright had the mortar tinted for the vertical joints to accentuate the horizontal stripes. Sounds like a lot of work. |
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img_0066.jpg Robie House from the street. |
img_0069.jpg Bill, trying to block the Robie House. Nice try. |
img_0070.jpg Elevated train platform. |
img_0071.jpg Giselle is contemplating the statues. |
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img_0072.jpg On parade. |
img_0075.jpg Totem in front of the Field Museum. |
img_0076.jpg It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood... |
img_0077.jpg Giselle at Buckingham Fountain. The water occasionally shoots hundreds (perhaps even millions!) of feet in the air. It must be powered by a natural geyser situated directly under Chicago and deep within the earth's crust. Someday geyserologists will prove my hypothesis. Until that glorious day, the secret of Buckingham Fountain remains elusive. |
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img_0078.jpg A poignant demonstration of the war's impact. |
img_0080.jpg "SSG Brian Freeman; You are loved & missed by so many people! June 9, 1978 - Nov. 7, 2005" |
img_0081.jpg Civilian shoes. |
img_0082.jpg Scores of boots. |
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img_0083.jpg ROB |
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img_0090.jpg Paris Street; Rainy Day - Gustave Caillebotte |
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img_0097.jpg Monet's waterlilies are incomparable. |
img_0098.jpg Monet |
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img_0100.jpg Monet |
img_0101.jpg Monet |
img_0102.jpg Still Monet |
img_0103.jpg Monet. |
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img_0104.jpg Monet? |
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img_0107.jpg Detail of Paul Cezanne's "The Plate of Apples" |
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img_0108.jpg detail of Georges Seurat's "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" (1884) |
img_0109.jpg detail of Vincent Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait" |
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img_0111.jpg Detail of Henri de Toulouse Lautrec's "At the Moulin Rouge" |
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img_0137.jpg Peacefulness in an urban setting. |
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img_0141.jpg Detail of Jasper Johns's "Corpse and Mirror II" |
img_0142.jpg Ed Ruscha. Oily or City. Depends on whether you ask B or G. |
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img_0144.jpg Taking it all in. |
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img_0153.jpg Detail and photographer. |
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img_0156.jpg wowsa. |
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img_0158.jpg Asking for a hand. |
img_0160.jpg I'm sorry sir, you'll have to speak louder. |
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img_0163.jpg Ham. |
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img_0164.jpg Solemn Ham. |
img_0165.jpg Back of Ham. |
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img_0171.jpg A great performance, a great seat on the lawn. |
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img_0174.jpg The Bean at dusk. |
img_0175.jpg The stage at dusk |
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img_0181.jpg These guys have been drinking water from the fountain all day and they can probably spit all night if people still want to be spat upon. |
img_0184.jpg View from the Sears Tower, highest observation deck in the world. |
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img_0203.jpg Gettin' antsy. |
img_0207.jpg Giselle's favorite buildings, the corncob-shaped Marinas, can be seen in the lower right of this photo. |
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img_0209.jpg Back on the ground. |
img_0211.jpg Scarecrow, standing above the yellow-brick road in Oz Park. |
img_0212.jpg Resolute. Determined. Brainless. |
img_0213.jpg The Wizard sure makes a lot of rules. |
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img_0214.jpg Toto's not allowed in the park, he and Dorothy are just outside the gates. |
img_0215.jpg Giselle's thinking about swiping those shoes. |
img_0216.jpg Steeled for action. All brawn, no heart. |
img_0217.jpg Jonesin' for an oil fix. |
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img_0220.jpg Anybody got any fish? |
img_0221.jpg Action shot. |
img_0226.jpg Ponderin' Puffin. |
img_0228.jpg New friends. |
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img_0229.jpg Not many leaves to eat. |
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img_0247.jpg Giselle and her newfound favorite bench |
img_0252.jpg This artist was hired to put an installation in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art. They almost made it to the museum, but then the trailer with all the art supplies must've been too heavy for the unreinforced sidewalk. Too bad. |
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img_0256.jpg G's favorite corncob buildings. |
img_0259.jpg Another angle |
img_0265.jpg One more angle. |
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img_0267.jpg Interior of a large atrium. |
img_0268.jpg Our room at the House of Two Urns. |
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img_0323.jpg relaxin' in the shade on the University of Chicago campus |
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img_0326.jpg G can't find her shoes anywhere on the map. |
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img_0350.jpg Olmec Head (near the Field Museum) |
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img_0355.jpg Back at Wrigley Field! |
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img_0360.jpg We were pretty close to the field. Over G's right shoulder you can see the bullpen home plate where pitchers warm up during the game. |
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img_0370.jpg Alfonso Soriano walked around into the outfield before the game carrying his bat. Perhaps he was promising the fans a home run, which he hit later in the game. |
img_0372.jpg The Braves are warming up. |
img_0373.jpg Poor Cormier. He had a very bad day. |
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img_0378.jpg Still warming up. |
img_0380.jpg A beautiful day at the ballpark |
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img_0390.jpg A brass band circulates around the stadium and plays in different sections between each inning. |
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img_0398.jpg The cubbies are already up 6-0 in the third inning! |
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img_0414.jpg Cubs Win! |
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