Chicago '12

 Chicago means Wild Onion.  Congratulations, you learned something already.

  The Trump Building (above) is the second highest building in Chicago/Western Hemisphere and twelfth in the world.   Also, note the Chicago River, which connects the Great Lakes and the Mississippi waterways.  

-Christine and I went to the Signature Lounge in the top floor of the Hancock Building.  This is the tree at the bottom (as seen in this blog early 2010)

-The famous underside of the Bean.

-The Bean.

- Wearing bright blue in a large city is like painting a big sign on your back that says---TOURIST!  If your not wearing black, gray, or some other dark color, you are not from the city.  

-The large building on the right is the Aon Center (formerly Standard Oil Building) which is the third tallest in Chicago, followed by the Hancock.  It is directly north of Millennium Park

-We took a bike tour of the city with Tim and Steph.  Tim and I were the caboose, protecting our 12 bikers from cars and buses, successfully, might I add.

-This is the view of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, on the Magnificent Mile, from the steps of the Contemporary Art Museum.  The top section, above the Ritz, is owned by individuals...not sure if you have ever heard of Oprah Winfrey...she owns the top two floors (yeah, she is kind of a big deal).

-The Hancock building is black with spires.  It is basically a smaller version of the Willis (Sears) Tower..in my opinion.

 

-The Silver Back Gorrila at the (free) Lincoln Park Zoo was very rude.

 

-Christine and I went to Zoo Lights and were able to see the Cheetah very active in his cage.

-Lots of lights.

-We toured The Museum of Science and Industry and saw the only German U-Boat that resides in the US.