I am now taking the controls from Ann, who is recovering nicely from her tattoo in a sanitarium. I had my leg tattoo completed yesterday. Not at all the work that went into the poor crippled leg of poor Ann.
My trip to Chicago was wonderful, aside from making myself sick yesterday on Garrett’s popcorn. Oh my is it good. Mixed cheese caramel corn. Oh did I say it was good? Did I say I made myself actually sick?
I was there for the Old Town Art Fair, which partially runs right in front of my sister’s house. My niece, Olivia age 8, and a few of her friends had a lemonade stand until the fair closed them down for not being a licensed vendor. In the hour and a half they illegally sold the lemonade they made $93. Can you believe it? They donated part of the profits to Paws, an animal rescue.
We too a river cruise, which was very interesting. This is on top of what use to be the Woolworth Building, I think.
The photos are a bit gloomy because it really started to rain while we were on the cruise. This is a parking garage, and I would have nightmares about having to park here. Anyone who knows me knows I cannot back up to save my life. I put my car in the ditch and knocked off the side view mirror trying to go backward down our road. I would land in the river here.
At Millennium Park they have this silver “Bean.” It is really rather interesting. My sister Diane and I are center in this photo. I am wearing a green sherbet color jacket. My niece Olivia and her friend Ava are the girls at the bottom of the bean.
This is taken inside the Bean. I can be seen because of my jacket. Actually I can be seen about fifty times.
This is my sister and I inside the Bean. We were drenched, but it is still a pretty good photo. We don’t look much alike to we?
Chicago was in full bloom. They have gotten as much rain as we have. I loved walking around so much. I can walk forever, but at home walking the mountain roads is a bit dangerous. I could actually live in Chicago without a problem. It is really a friendly, clean, walkable city. I understand why my sister likes it so much. It was a wonderful trip.
June 19th, 2009 at 10:23 am
welcome back! I am so glad you had fun. I am also glad you made it home safely, and that Ann was alive for you to come home to. You honestly should allow her to hold the camera or the keyboard more often…
In fact as a show of appreciation for her entertaining us, and as a show of support for her continued occasional blogging, i think you should reconsider allowing her to post the “i see a bug” dance.
(eventually i am going to talk you into this)
June 19th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
welcome back!! although Ann did do a good job of entertaining us….glad her leg is starting to feel better.
sounds like you had a GREAT visit with your sister and your niece, that’s awesome. I agree with you that parking garage looks very scary and I don’t think I could park there either…..and you and your sister look nothing alike.
How neat of your niece and her friends to donate half of the money they made to PAWS….what a nice thing to do….and they I get so mad when I hear of lemonade stands being run by kids being closed down because they say they are unlicensed vendors….what has this world come to….sheeeeeesh.
I love the bean picture of you and your sister, it’s great.
well, you blog more and I’ll write more
June 19th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
by the way, Pam has a good point…..can Ann show us the bug dance when her leg heals of course. lol
and when are you going to blog about your tattoos…..I want to see the new ones!!
June 19th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Welcome home. You are right, you and your sister do not look alike. If I remember correctly, you did not look alike growing up. You look more like David. My opinion. If my memory is good, don’t you look more like you Dad then your mother? I would like to see Chicago in the spring. I was there in December once. Ford business. Michigan Avenue is pretty at that time of year. One thing I did not like was all the taxi cab drivers. Hundreds all over. I would not drive down Michigan again because of them. They cut you off and everything. Did you drive there and did this happen to you.
Keep the blogging coming.