So today I woke up early and went to a corner bakery at the street level of the hotel and posted up the previous blog. I then went back upstairs to meet up with everyone and then headed back down to breakfast. We at B&B and it was glorious. I had the Lumberjack Omelete, which consisted of meat, cheese, and eggs. It also was glorious.
After we had breakfast and coffee we made our way two blocks north to the The Art Institute of Chicago which house many famous works of art, including Monets’ and a few I have seen in books before. The gallery was an interesting place to photograph because I could either photograph the artwork or photograph people looking at the artwork. Enjoy a sample of some of these photographs.
After we spent hours going through the different levels looking at impression and modern art made our way to one of the tallest buildings in the Chicago skyline, the John Hancock building. We went up 95 stories to the observatory where we had a sandwiches and salads. The view from up here was just great. You could look every which way and even from this high up you couldn’t see the other side of Lake Michigan. After we spent time circling the top we went down and walked the streets for a bit.
Grandma and Grandpa went back to the Palmer’s Hotel and Amy, mom and I walked quite a few blocks down to Millennium Park. We reached the park right at dusk so the skies were blue and the streetlights were starting to come on. At first I was a little disappointed because I thought the photos wouldn’t come out but they did. The park is a very modern looking park, wide spaces and stainless steel everywhere. The park had an outdoor amphitheatre and lots of sculptures around it. One of the sculptures we went to was “The Bean”. It looks just like it sounds; it was a huge metal bean like sculpture in the park that people would walk under and around, that’s it. The reflections that came of this huge metal bean were just super fun to play with. I took a time lapse again as well as many wide-angle shots.
After the girls and I walked around in the park, we went to Miller’s Pub and met up with the Grandparents there for dinner. It was great, the food was awesome and it was literally right next to the hotel. Well I have one more full day here in Chicago; hope you have enjoyed the photos thus far. You’re awesome!
{Photography. Witness. Passion} 