Chicago Trip

Met up with my sister, who's looking into schools. We crammed a lot into a weekend. Below are just highlights.

The Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, where we stayed for a night. a lot of venetian-inspired decor around this town... 

Karen and Aimee in front of the Chicago Tribune building...

The view from our friend Aimee's 18th story window.

This was a vending machine at the Art Institute school. (i thought it was funny, ok?) 

The Frank Gehry-designed pavilion at Millenium Park, Chicago. 

The Chicago River. 

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where my sister goes.... 

Constant crowd of people blocking the Seurat.... 

Of course I'd include this Renoir....there's a piano in it. :P  

My sis standing in front of the Art Institute of Chicago. 

Richard Lindner's "The Gambler." kind of freaky, but cute... 

One of my favorites at the Art Institute....the 15 ft. high Mao Zedong done by Warhol. The way the museum has this set up, you walk around the corner and are taken by surprise with it.  

Yinka Shonibare. good stuff. 

I walked into this room and freaked; love Rothko's work but had never seen any of it in person!!!! 

Magritte.....one of my favorite artists.  

From Monet's series of haystack paintings, all taken from different lighting perspectives. This photo doesn't do them justice. 

A Chirico painting.  

Loved this one.....Dali's "A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano."  

Karen, standing in front of a Clifford Still.  

This one was so creepy, it was cool. The Belgian Delvaux's "The Village of the Mermaids" was based on the artist's dream that the motionless group of women he walked passed had turned into mermaids by the time he reached the shore. You can't really see it, but the mermaids are in background (right center).  

The famous stained glass windows at the Art Institute, by Marc Chagall 

Detail from the Chagall stained glass windows at the Art Institute. 

The Wrigley Building in downtown Chicago..... 

.....and at night. 

Sunset over Wrigley Field....taken from the EL station