On the way, we stopped in what I think was a silly town (Paw Paw) for lunch at ARBY'S :D where the lady proceeded to "super size" (as I would say) Carl's meal despite his desire to cancel that option. Out the window we could see what was called the St Julian's winery (but we're thinking i
t wasn't the St Julian's). This particular instance in Arby's also consisted of a shortage of Arby's sauce - the bags here are the replacements of Arby's sauce... which I fould a little ... let's just say interesting. I at least enjoyed my Arby's ... Carl seemed a bit impartial (especially since they forgot to put the bacon on his beef and cheddar). Once we finished lunch, we continued on our way.Soon, we arrived 
at the Chicago Skyway (which Donald cautioned us about going exactly the speed limit on ... which we may or may not have done ... but we survived nonetheless) - the inital stretch (of about 16 miles) cost us only $ .50 while the second stretch (o
f about 2 - 5 minutes) cost $1.25 and the final stretch of the skyway (which was a rediculously SHORT amount of travel time) had a toll of $3.00. Outrageous? I think so. We both do. Once in The Windy City itself, we drove to a spot near Ted's apartment (to park for the few days time) and then walked to the "el" station where we would jump on the brown line to get to the Art Institute of Chicago - I saw this ad and thought it was pretty funny.
At the Art Institute, we saw a lot of amazing paintings and other works of Art. First we checked out the men's restroom ;) okay, well Carl did. For real, we first checked out a photography exhibit which was ha
lf decent I suppose ... some of the work I wasn't too impressed with ... but maybe I'm just being a snooty photograper, I dunno. Then we did some exhibit set up especially for kids and it was full of interactive things - I think it was called the touch exhibit or something. Carl and I "became" knights (in one of those face cutout things you pose behind) and did some rubbings they had set up; one of a knight and another of a lady. We also saw an exhibit of a bunch of miniatures which were like rooms in a doll house, plenty of famous paintings (some by Monet (including the water lily one that hung in the hallway at home for a long time), VanGogh, and Seurat (the one who did "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte")).
After the institute, we headed back near Ted's apartment and grabbed our stuff to stay the night. (Then we moved the car closer to the apartment...). We waited outsid
e for maybe 5 or 10 minutes and then hung around inside waiting for Andrew so we could go to dinner. We went to a deep dish place called Giordano's which was DELISH (this picture of Andrew holding a napkin ring is proof that we were indeed there...).
Being stuffed full of yummy pizza (and bruchetta), we recieved our bill (of EXACTLY $40 thanks to Andrew's milk) and walked back to the apartment in the rain (which was a first for the day, it's now storming outside but was luckily gorgeous the rest of the day for our touristy walking and museuming) to figure out what will happen tomorrow and to dine on fine desserts such as ICE CREAM. :) One day down ... many more to go. Hopefully tomorrow will be full of plenty of fun and sight seeing (including me taking Carl to Millenium Park) and the next day will be full full of driving and probably hysteria... (hysteria due to the nearing of the three months in Ely... by myself (most of the time)).
at the Chicago Skyway (which Donald cautioned us about going exactly the speed limit on ... which we may or may not have done ... but we survived nonetheless) - the inital stretch (of about 16 miles) cost us only $ .50 while the second stretch (o
f about 2 - 5 minutes) cost $1.25 and the final stretch of the skyway (which was a rediculously SHORT amount of travel time) had a toll of $3.00. Outrageous? I think so. We both do. Once in The Windy City itself, we drove to a spot near Ted's apartment (to park for the few days time) and then walked to the "el" station where we would jump on the brown line to get to the Art Institute of Chicago - I saw this ad and thought it was pretty funny.At the Art Institute, we saw a lot of amazing paintings and other works of Art. First we checked out the men's restroom ;) okay, well Carl did. For real, we first checked out a photography exhibit which was ha
lf decent I suppose ... some of the work I wasn't too impressed with ... but maybe I'm just being a snooty photograper, I dunno. Then we did some exhibit set up especially for kids and it was full of interactive things - I think it was called the touch exhibit or something. Carl and I "became" knights (in one of those face cutout things you pose behind) and did some rubbings they had set up; one of a knight and another of a lady. We also saw an exhibit of a bunch of miniatures which were like rooms in a doll house, plenty of famous paintings (some by Monet (including the water lily one that hung in the hallway at home for a long time), VanGogh, and Seurat (the one who did "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte")).After the institute, we headed back near Ted's apartment and grabbed our stuff to stay the night. (Then we moved the car closer to the apartment...). We waited outsid
e for maybe 5 or 10 minutes and then hung around inside waiting for Andrew so we could go to dinner. We went to a deep dish place called Giordano's which was DELISH (this picture of Andrew holding a napkin ring is proof that we were indeed there...).Being stuffed full of yummy pizza (and bruchetta), we recieved our bill (of EXACTLY $40 thanks to Andrew's milk) and walked back to the apartment in the rain (which was a first for the day, it's now storming outside but was luckily gorgeous the rest of the day for our touristy walking and museuming) to figure out what will happen tomorrow and to dine on fine desserts such as ICE CREAM. :) One day down ... many more to go. Hopefully tomorrow will be full of plenty of fun and sight seeing (including me taking Carl to Millenium Park) and the next day will be full full of driving and probably hysteria... (hysteria due to the nearing of the three months in Ely... by myself (most of the time)).
Carl would like to add that despite his best efforts of eating the RBC over the tray and tucking a napkin in his shirt, he still got it dirty -- thanks to some sticky gunk already on the bottom of the table's edge.
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