Chicago Pictures by Sandy Malnekoff Gertzfield: 05/01/2008

Thursday, May 15, 2008

New Photos

Too lazy to post them here, but I put a bunch of new pictures on Flickr http://flickr.com/photos/sandyjasmine/ . I don't know what it is about cloudy days that makes me want to take pictures.

I'm dreading going home. A new kitchen floor is going in today. One installer wanted to start with a chalk line in the center of the room and start laying the tile in the center. Makes sense to me. The other guy won. He started in a corner. I hope we don't end up with a crooked line at the end.

My remodeling is about half done. All the nasty old wallpaper is out. The fuzzy junk and the mirror stuff, too. The walls look great. I got an antique white - it's sort of a cream color. I have new light fixtures in the whole house. New door handles are coming next, and all new outlets and switches.

I have the courage up to go home and check the floor, so I better stop writing in case I chicken out again.

Frank Gehry bandshell

Frank Gehry bandshell
Originally uploaded by SandyJasmine

See the curly metal thingie? That's Frank Gehry's band shell downtown Chicago. The acoustics are amazing! I like to watch the symphony rehearse during the daytime in their shirtsleeves. The Prudential building, right behind the band shell, was once the second tallest building in the world, the first being the Empire State Building in New York.