chicago

i love chicago.
i think i do because i feel like i know where i am going…
most of the time.
it’s full.
full of people and life and noise and action.
i love the shopping.
i was loving the no kids factor.
oh how i miss walking into pottery barn or crate & barrell
whenever i felt the need.

the apple store was so cool.
it’s just tables & tables of all their products
and you can try everything out.
then upstairs there was a theater where a tech guy stands all day and gives talks on iProducts…everything they do. i think if craig got in that store we would never get him out of that theater.
standing there about 2 minutes i learned 2 new things about my own computer.
very cool place.

everywhere you look there are flowers.
in the city.
they make you stop and take notice…
it’s such a different setting than a yard or park.

and i am in love with cloud gate sculpture.
my sister pointed out how cool it would be to be here in different weather.
why didn’t we go back at night?!!
i regret that.
i could spend a lot of time here.
it’s a camera lover’s dream.

my sister & i went to the art institute.
i had never been.
just never did it.
all the paintings you’ve seen in books in real life.
it’s strange.
and now for my ode to ferris bueller.

kind of sad really that i’m in the art institute and i kept thinking of movies!
that’s just me.
i can memorize movie lines
and i love watching the same movies over and over.

we had a wonderful time just hanging around chicago.
i never saw any of my IL. friends or even talked to them!
but there just wasn’t time.
we were having too much fun to even take a break.
it was good to be back.

the trip home was longer than we cared for…
but pretty.

and then when i drove home at 7:00 am monday morning…
even prettier.
it was so perfectly kansas
and felt so much like home.