45
47, 48
108
Meetings in the loop
128 chicago in white
What better way to spend an evening than with 10 friends and 1600 strangers dining along the Chicago River? The second year of Chicago in White dinner's secret location was the Merchandise Mart! Kendra was a little bummed - given that she works there - but after getting all set up, I think even she was impressed! It was a beautiful night! And I cannot wait to see what super fabulous location they will choose next year!!
129 lichtenstein
Seriously action packed Friday! First stop was the Art Institute to see the Lichtenstein exhibit (finally), which I thought was pretty good. I nice collection of his work. I was not crazy for the "brushstrokes" but thought they were a good representation of the progression an artist goes through. Becoming know for a "style" would be hard, I would imagine you would tire of doing the same thing over and over again. I loved the room of sketches - process facinates me! I think my favorites were the landscapes.
We managed to sneak into a couple of other galleries to see some other famous works. As crazy as it is, Marcey hasn't seen much beyond the impressionists at the Museum. She needs to spend a lot more time there - so much to see!
Then we hit the City Target - I needed vases for tomorrow night and I wanted to see how they designed the store to fit within the old Carson space. I think they did an amazing job - looks clean and fresh and they kept the Sullivan decorated columns. They actually look good with that Target red. And another Marcey moment ... she had never seen the old Sullivan ironwork on the building. She worked downtown, blocks from there, and had never seen this stunning building.
Last stop was champagne and sweets with the girls at RM Champagne Salon. It's a new place, literally located around the back side of a building that you have to access thru the alley. It was lovely despite the fact that our waiter was extremely awkward.
137 field's view
Another day of photoshoots, and fabulous views of my beautiful city. Oh how I love the concrete jungle. And all access tours of amazing spaces! I have been completely spoiled and I just cannot thank all of the wonderful folks who made it all possible!
143 frank lloyd wright
Was the most beautiful Saturday - sunny, seventies and low humidity - simply dreamy. I headed out to Oak Park with a friend to check out some Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, beautiful homes and neibghborhoods and the cute downtown area. It's a lovely little town!
150 Soldier Field
So after my KUAA event Teri, Nikki and Will invited me to join them for the rest of their day's adventures ... so glad they did and cannot thank them enough for such a fabulous day!! We had the opportunity to meet the general manager of Soldier Field and have him give us a personal tour of the stadium! He was so nice and full of great stories - it was a true pleasure and an experience I won't soon forget. Now maybe I need to actually go to a Bears game huh...
We got to go ON the field, pose with the 1985 Super Bowl ring, go in the locker room, give a press conference (ha!) take in the view from the skyboxes, and so much more! All this while a wicked storm rolled through the city - see the last photo and the goal post... eek!
177 cirque and ferris
My coworkers and I came by some free tickets to the Cirque Shanghai show at the Skyline State at Navy Pier. So we headed down on the most beautiful Sunday to take in the show and finally, finally ride that damn ferris wheel. I've lived in Chicago for 17 years now and for whatever reason had never ridden. Now that I have, I have to say it's totally worth the six dollars. How funny is this ... out of the four of us, only one (Marcey) had ridden that damn ferris wheel before. And, come to find out Christina is not a fan of "rides" - she joked by putting on her bike helmet and conquered her fear of the ferris wheel!
Great views from up there. Maybe next time I will go at sunset - would be lovely with the sun going down behind the city. Sometimes its fun to be a tourist in my city. I feel very fortunate to live in a city that has so many things to do! Love. Love. Love it!
234 champagne chocolate city
Finally made it to the Peninsula Lobby for the Chocolate Bar! I have to say it did not disappoint! The pastries were fabulous, but I think my favorite were the sweet crepes. There must have been something in that caramel!
P.S. How lucky that I was stuck in traffic to have this view out of my sunroof?
P.S. How lucky that I was stuck in traffic to have this view out of my sunroof?
... via iPhone ...