4 posts tagged “chicago”
I admit - I cheated. I took the El train (Green line) down to Hyde Park (see post below). Every time I've tried to ride down there the wind blowing to the north is really strong. I hadn't been doing much long-distance biking for a while and didn't want to contend with a headwind. So I got lazy, and carried my bicycle on the El. (I love the fact that you can do that.) But I did ride back.
And the wind - blowing to the south - was really strong.
I turned east when I got to the Museum Campus - it's a peninsula on the south end of Grant Park that holds the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Adler Planetarium.
On the other side of Lakeshore Drive is one of the seemingly millions of new skyscrapers popping up all over the South Loop. This one is called "One Museum Place" and I really wouldn't mind living there.
Maybe.
I love the area, but it's so gorgeous and so world-class, it feels almost like being at a hotel full-time. My current neighborhood feels more real.
My camera is literally being held together by rubber bands, so it's really, really time to replace it. In otherwords, upgrade! Yay! But I'll have to put off the rest of the architecture pictures for a while.
In the meantime, here's a few of the shots I took a few weeks back. I took my bike down to Hyde Park and the area around the Museum of Science and Industry. The museum is very close to the lake, and there's a lagoon behind it with a pretty nice park. The day was a little overcast so the light isn't the best, but the weather cleared up in time for my ride home.
There were the usual Canadian geese that have become more common than pidgeons around urban bodies of water. But this time the geese were a little more interesting.
That picture to the left was about as close as I could get to them. The little ones kept walking away as soon as I'd get any closer. And I'm afraid I rather agitated the adult.
This is why I love my neighborhood
What a great boss.
Second day of the season and it was FREEZING in the stands. But I got to see Ronnie Woo Woo. ("Cubs, woo! Cubs, woo! Grieve, woo! Alou, woo! Sammy, woo! Cubs, woo!..." Nonstop. For the ENTIRE game. Seriously.)
