Monday morning in Chicago, Mark & I got up and headed to a nearby Starbucks to give our girl the first crack at the bathroom – her toilette is much more complex than Mark’s or mine. We got packed and checked all the bags at the hotel, then headed to Art Institute to work up an appetite for breakfast. We stuck with the permanent collection mostly – started with Impressionists and then headed for American Art, with a short detour into the Modern Wing for a design show – with artists’ books – and an architecture show. Joëlle liked the design stuff because there were several pieces with lots of Dutch text. My favorite was this book, tracking everything that was made from one pig – by a Dutch artist, Christien Meindertsma, but what words there were were in English. I just looked around at Christien’s website, and she’s also made a Texel (where Joëlle is from, an island with more sheep than people) ottoman.
Then we headed to 11 City Diner for breakfast. I think Mark had a vanilla shake when we were there last year, too. From there it was an easy walk to the Roosevelt Rd. Red Line, and a short ride to the Hancock Building.
After we came down from being up in the Hancock Building, we went into Water Tower Place, which we decided is a nice shopping mall, but still just a mall – and expensive. So we headed back to the hotel, picked up all the bags and caught the train to Harvard IL.
- Fountain at Water Tower Place
- That blue topped building
- Navy Pier from the hancocok Building
- Mark's French toast, 11 City Diner
- My breakfast at 11 City Diner
- Eggs scrambled with feta, spinach, scallions and tomatoes
- Coffee cup
- Vanilla shake
