Chi-town, Three Days

Chicago is the best! 

When we arrived in the city, we went straight to our Airbnb place, owned by a woman names Faye. She was an older lady, whose kids had grown and moved out, and now she had a big old house in Hyde Park that she turned into a bed and breakfast. She told us she bought the house in 1974, and I'm guessing the decorations have stayed the same since then. The house was wonderful:

The chandelier in our bedroom.

The bathroom, the most up-to-date.

This picture of the living room is dark, but the doorway had a wooden head curtain in it. Her cat, Divine, liked playing with it.

So of course we went to Millennium Park, where this huge waterfall is located. Somehow they've rigged it to have a couple of large faces under the waterfalls...

Some creepier than others...

And we saw the kidney, or jellybean, depending on your preference. It was quite the attraction. An entire field trip of little kids was pounding on it.

Here we are! Note that little kid picking his butt behind us:

We were fascinated by the Chicago Tribune building, because it had little pieces of other buildings sticking out of it:

Hitchcock took a bunch more, ranging from Custer's battlefield to the Forbidden City. Pretty cool!

We also went to the MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) and walked in as they were setting up a new installation in front of the building. It occurred to me that I've never seen a giant sculpture get put together by construction workers. I guess with something that big, it kind of has to!

While we were planning our honeymoon, and talking about Chicago as a destination, all Hitchcock could talk about was Reckless Records and the cold Swiss oatmeal at The Corner Bakery. I've never had cold oatmeal before (besides the kind you leave in the microwave too long by accident) and can I just say that it's delicious?! 

We checked out an architecture contest, where people submit ideas for new buildings and bus stops in Chicago. Some of the ideas are incredible, like turning the old city Post Office into a recycling center, or building agriculture towers in the middle of the city for people to grow their own food. They had a model of Chicago in the middle of the display:

This green lady was on top of the photo booth at Quimby's:

And this was by our house, where the Obamas went on their first date. It was across the street from our sushi place on 53rd in Hyde Park.