Planes, Trains, Boats, and Automobiles!

November 27, 2016 Given the goal to somehow see a game in every ballpark, we could not leave Chicago without seeing the White Sox play over at Comisky Park .... well, not exactly Comisky Park, since it was torn down and replaced by the modern U.S. Cellular Field.  Somehow, we lose something when the old is replaced by the new.  But, we did take CTA over to the South Side of Chicago (home of Barack and Michelle Obama) to watch the Sox play against the Tampa Bay Rays.  The Sox got killed, so we ended up leaving in the 7th inning. As we rode home on the train, Jeff noticed an older woman wearing a Hillary button, and asked, "How did she do?"  It was the night of the first of the debates.  The woman had been downtown watching with other members of the Chicago Democratic Committee, and she was clearly proud of Hillary's performance.  We chatted the whole 20 minutes on the train, and when we got back to the apartment, we listened to ...

September 26, 2016 I have always been fascinated by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and knew that he began his career in the Chicago area, so when we started looking into going to Chicago, I started looking for opportunities to explore some of his houses.  I was delighted to find that I could do a full day tour and see a number of his designs as well as do a tour of his own home and studio in Oak Park!  I signed up, and Jeff spent the day at the Museum of Science and Industry.  It was a win-win for both of us!   The tour began at the offices of the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust, located in the heart of downtown Chicago's financial district.  The Rookery, a building designed by the architectural partnership of Burnham and Wright and completed in 1888, was designed to be a prestigious business environment.  Burnham and Root create an architectural masterpiece with the central feature being a "light court" - basically a skylight that...