I was bored, it was the day before Christmas Eve. I had to meet a customer at Midway Airport. Everyone was in a festive mood, and there were bands playing, and Christmas trees decorated with music notes. If you're ever at Midway Airport, they have great food from authentic Chicago local favorite restaurants. Be sure to get yourself some food to take on the plane. When I visit my son in California, I like to take him a corned beef on rye with mustard and amazing lightly dilled pickles from Manny's Deli. Manny's on Roosevelt Road is an institution in Chicago. Everyone from cops to the brokers from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade visits Manny's. (Wow, Manny's should pay me for this plug)
Friday, January 4, 2008
Band performing at Midway Airport
These guys were so good. There were bands playing at Midway Airport during December. I asked them to play Take 5, and the chops just rolled off their instruments like honey.
Leaning Tower at the YMCA Chicago
Chicago has its own leaning tower and it's all gussied up for Christmas. It really is the Leaning Tower YMCA, in Niles, Illinois, I swear it.
Chicago flag and crane
The Chicago city bird appears to be the building crane. Don't tell anyone there is a building slump in Chicago, just count the cranes in the sky!
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Chicago Bulls Official Movers
Official mover to the Chicago Bulls basketball team! He was so happy that I asked him if I could take a picture of his car, he had me send the picture to his boss.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Rainy day in Chicago
Nothing to do on this rainy day, but listen to XM Radio in the car and knit scarves. I love that XM has six different holiday music stations. I am switching between hysterically stupid "Special XMAS," and traditional, and classical, and Chanukah music.
I am looking forward to midnight mass. I always wonder if I appreciate Christmas so much because I was born Jewish. Although I had a wonderful childhood, I felt deprived of Christmas as a kid. The whole world had Christmas. I felt like I was peeking in the window, looking in on something wonderful that everyone else had.
Brown horse in front of the water tower, Chicago.
Horse and carriage in Chicago, behind the old water tower.
Michigan Avenue lights, Chicago.
Fooling around with the Mac Book.
I am looking forward to midnight mass. I always wonder if I appreciate Christmas so much because I was born Jewish. Although I had a wonderful childhood, I felt deprived of Christmas as a kid. The whole world had Christmas. I felt like I was peeking in the window, looking in on something wonderful that everyone else had.
Brown horse in front of the water tower, Chicago.
Horse and carriage in Chicago, behind the old water tower.
Michigan Avenue lights, Chicago.
Fooling around with the Mac Book.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
The White City
Did you ever read the book, "Devil in the White City?"
It was a murder mystery set in Chicago around the time of the Columbian Exposition in the 1890s. The White City was the Museum of Science and Industry, originally built to house the Columbian Exposition.
The Ferris Wheel had its debut at this World's Fair. As did the first affordable portable camera.
Here are the ladies that have so graciously held up the museum with their heads for the past 114 years. The Art Deco building is cool and stately. The inside of the museum reminds me of the set for The Wizard of Oz.
Now the Museum of Science of Industry, the main building of the 1893 World's Fair.
I can picture the gypsies camping here in 1893, just like in the book.
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