Chicago Area Trip
Chicago's Calling
Blowing into Chicago for the jazz festival and architecture with a side trip to Wisconsin and Iowa.
Chicago's Calling
The El in the Loop |
Oak Park |
Millennium Park and Grant Park |
It's a perfect match with Chicago previous landmark the Buckingham Fountain that opened the MTM show. |
Food Tour |
But what can I say the highlight was still Bella Bacino's Chicago stuffed pizza. |
Jazz Fest |
With Sonny Rollins, Vjay Iver, and Ornette Coleman, this was the most adventurous selection of groups I've seen in a major festival and the shows were packed. Well it helped that they were free and the weather was perfect. |
Robie House The Robie house in South Chicago near the University can be reached by taking the CTA and walking (quickly) out of the ghetto and across Washington Park hoping that you don't run into the bicyclist who complained about me being on his path. Surprising because everyone else in Chicago was amazingly friendly. A father and son stopped in Oak Park to ask if I needed directions. A woman on the CTA to South Chicago asked if I needed directions. Overall the friendliest city experience I've had in the US. At any rate, for the return trip I took the bus from the museum to get back to the loop. |
Architecture Tours Chicago has many of the early Skyscrapers in America and now many of the modern ones. The Chicago Architecture Museum has many tours and cruises that highlight the culture, history, and architecture of Chicago led by well trained guides. The tours are interesting because you are joined by people from around the world and the US but no one from Chicago. |
Chicago, yeah it's my kind of town (groan) more videos more photos |
Next stop Home |
Mississippi River, Marquette, Iowa |
Effigy Mounds National Monument |
Done with the Mighty Mississippi and Wisconsin's corn and soy fields. It's time to leave the dirt behind and head to Chicago for architecture and jazz. Chicago |
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