The front door. It was right behind the John Hancock Building

We were upgraded at check in to a really nice suite.

The bedroom

The bathroom

Our first walk took us past the Water Tower Building

Of course I immediately found the Apple Store

The Chicago Tribune Building

In the base of this building are parts from other buildings all over the world.

The Town Hall in Stockholm, Sweden (which we had visited in June)

Found one from our state but it's not really a building.

Had an early dinner at the Purple Pig. It was outstanding.

The next morning we hit Millenium Park. I found a beatiful woman there.

Lots of stuff going on in Millenium Park

Including this Japanese art exhibit.

I took that beautiful woman's pic with them so Mason could see his grandma.

More pics for Mason.

The Frank Geary designed concert venue.

The Chicago Cultural Center (the old Library)

The Cloud Gate

I do not want this job.

The Chicago skyline reflected in The Cloud Gate (or the bean)

Us reflected in The Cloud Gate

The Jay Pritzker Pavillion in Millenium Park

A Chicago Panorama taken from the bridge to the Chicago Art Institute

American Gothic

A room full of design. Taken for Michelle and I

Kathleen alone with a Winslow Homer

Chagall windows

See www.isitart.com

Andy Warhol's Mao

This is what the Chicago Art Institute calls architecture?

One, big painting!

The lions in front of the museum

A superb bicycle rental program

The Crown Fountain

One, big painting!5

I love taking pics of photographers.

There are two parts of The Crown Fountain

Another intersting art installation

Another photo of a photographer

All over Chicago were fake, BIG fire hydrants painted by businesses

This was all covered in bolts

I liked the red against the gray.

A crowd of street art.

The Michigan Avenue bridge over the Chicago River

The Chicago River Bridges don't open that often for boats.

We did the Chicago Architecture tour by river boat. This was our guide.

The tour was outstanding by it was FREEZING!

The view from the river is excellent

The Sears (Willis) Tower

On the Tribune Building

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange

The next day we took the train to Oak Park to see Frank Lloyd Wright's home

Inside the home

Our wonderful guide at the Frank Lloyd Wright house

Lots of built-ins

An incredible ceiling

A beautiful woman was also on the tour.

The kid's room

Authentic antiques abound (always wanted to type that)

The wall doesn't go all the way to the ceiling between the kid's rooms.

Frank Lloyd Wright's bed

Murals in his bedroom

Only one bath for 6 people

The Nursery

The Wright family

An old phone I liked

The playroom

The Ceiling

They created the balcony for the kids to put on performances

Did you know that FLW's son invented Lincoln Logs? We didn't

No room for a grand piano, stick it out over the stairs behind a wall.

A built-in ice box

Architectural drawings

A cabinet full of drawings that could be wheeled into a vault

Chains used to suspend the ceilings.

Frank Lloyd Wright's waiting room

His secretary's office

His private office

A nearby Menonitte Temple designed by Wright

Light fixture designed by Wright

Downown in the Chicago Cultural Institute

Inside was an outstanding color exhibit

Early morning on the Chicago River

Loved the lady in the wheelchair

The largest Tiffany dome in the world

One, big painting!21

The Northwestern University Medical Center

Sunrise on Lake Michigan

Flowers at dawn

My favorite street name in Chicago

Back in Chicago on our third morning.

The Trump Building

The  boat we took for the architectural tour

More buildings downtown

The Water Tower

A very cool clock. I liked the color.

Still flowers in October.

Great old car

Halloween comes early

A photogenic cathedral

The Contemporary Art Museum

There was a great photo exhibit inside

A photo from that exhibit about planning photos

The sculpture outside the back of the museum

Looking down the stairwell

Looking up the stairwell

An Andy Warhol piece

Kind of a crazy experiment in light

Different colors depending on the light

This is what it looks like when I hit it with a flash.

A Calder exhibit

The statue out front from the back

They had cool light fixtures

The Water Tower on my last morning walk

On my last morning walk

The biggest and coolest McDonald's I have ever seen.

A bluesy mural

Frog!

Just a cool building

Rick Bayless' crappy, overpriced restaurants