Saturday, June 27, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Broadway Show
Tonight we're going to see Fiddler on the Roof at the Oriental Theatre! Sunrise, sunset. Sunrise, sunset . . . la la, la la la li li dum. . . I forgot the words . . .
Thursday, June 11, 2009
City Views
Walking on Michigan Ave. in front of Millennium Park
At the fountains with the faces at Millennium Park. Not a flattering medium for the face, I think
The Bean!
"Let's go Hawks" I can see... Amaanda says the other building has a policeman on it. Dubious.
Who came up with this thing? It's awesome.
A. Our Building B. Where Amaanda stayed downtown
Views from the Hancock Tower
Aunt Nan, Amaanda, and a lot of other zoo animals.
I love the sand cat.
The meerkats were our favorite.
We walked part of the way home on the path beside Lake Michigan.
The flamingos offered a good photo opportunity
But they smelled awful. We got out of there quick.
We saw Dad at the zoo.
Look, this monkey has a baby on its back! It's little head was about the size of a walnut.
One of the better-looking monkeys - and me.
The Big Cat House
The leopard was bored.
Aunt Nan and the dogwood - one of many flora pictures from this trip.
Amaanda and Aunt Nan in Lincoln Park.
These things never work out like you want them to.
Pictures! - Amaandaland
Alright, I admit it - I am the world's worst blogger. At long last I have surfaced.
Amaanda came to see us for 10 days in May, and it was so fun! We walked around for hours everyday in the sun, rain and wind , hitting everything from art museums to the zoo (twice). We kept our spirits up with a lot of coffee, deep dish piazza and gelato. It was a healthy time. The first day Amaanda was in the city, our Aunt Nan made special plans so she could be with us too! We all went to the zoo ... and then went out for deep dish. It's a whole new food group.
Amaanda was able to stay right downtown only two buildings away from us in a sublet apartment. It was so great to have her close by and in the thick of things, especially since she paid the same price as she would have at a hostel downtown - except without the bedbugs. I am serious - there are warning signs on how to prevent bedbugs on every CTA bus and train, and the hostels have them, according to people who've stayed there. Gross, gross, gross. (On a related note, I saw my first city garbage rat yesterday, right outside our building. Yaay! It wasn't so bad, in its own vermin-y way. So far, the only cockroaches around are in the zoo, but time will tell.)
All in all, we did so much cool stuff while Amaanda was in town, there's just too much to write down. But here are some pictures.
Amaanda came to see us for 10 days in May, and it was so fun! We walked around for hours everyday in the sun, rain and wind , hitting everything from art museums to the zoo (twice). We kept our spirits up with a lot of coffee, deep dish piazza and gelato. It was a healthy time. The first day Amaanda was in the city, our Aunt Nan made special plans so she could be with us too! We all went to the zoo ... and then went out for deep dish. It's a whole new food group.
Amaanda was able to stay right downtown only two buildings away from us in a sublet apartment. It was so great to have her close by and in the thick of things, especially since she paid the same price as she would have at a hostel downtown - except without the bedbugs. I am serious - there are warning signs on how to prevent bedbugs on every CTA bus and train, and the hostels have them, according to people who've stayed there. Gross, gross, gross. (On a related note, I saw my first city garbage rat yesterday, right outside our building. Yaay! It wasn't so bad, in its own vermin-y way. So far, the only cockroaches around are in the zoo, but time will tell.)
All in all, we did so much cool stuff while Amaanda was in town, there's just too much to write down. But here are some pictures.
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