Steel and Sky

Reflection of Michigan Avenue on Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate. This is the second photo I've posted of the city's favorite sculpture. I have so many it's hard to resist putting them all up. But here was the first.

Mural Decay

Metra Station at 57th.

Evening at Lurie

The Lurie Garden. At night, when the skyscrapers show off their big shoulders, the Lurie Garden in Millenium Park provides shadow and mystery while the music of the chamber orchestra in the Pritzker Pavilion fills the air.

Wedding at the Pier

Navy Pier. Another sneaky paparazzi moment. I wanted to get a shot of their portrait but I couldn't wait for the official photographer to be done fiddling with the bride's bouquet so I took this quickly before scuttling away. Ah well--maybe next time...

Through The Tunnel

Pedway, Lake Shore Drive and 57th.

In the Garden of Gethsemane

Gethsemane Garden Center, 5801 N. Clark Street. If you are a gardener, and you live around here, this is the place to go but fair warning: you will be spending pots of money. Or more than you meant to. But you just won't be able to help it. Reviews aplenty here.

A Questioning Mind

"Yesterday I dreamed I was an ape. How do I know that today I am not an ape dreaming I am a man?"
The slightly altered quote is from the Taoist Chuang-Tzu: "Yesterday, I dreamt I was a butterfly. How do I know that today I am not a butterfly dreaming I am a man?" The photo was taken at the Lincoln Park Zoo's Regenstein Center for Africa Apes.

Lake Michigan

I haven't mentioned our pride and joy yet--beautiful Lake Michigan, originally called the Lake of the Illinois back in the 1600's when Native Americans described it as swampy, boggy, and muddy. Well, not anymore thanks to engineering and a whole lot more. We share this Great Lake with Wisconsin, Indiana and of course, Michigan. Here is our little slice of it: 57th Street Beach and the Promontory Point.