A conversation last night about Chicago reminded me of my visit last May. The city has become so much more beautiful in the years we’ve been away that we were amazed and delighted at every turn. Just the most obvious:
“The Bean”
The fountain on Michigan Avenue in Millenium Park. Videos of different faces (and other things like trees) are projected on the large monoliths–where the water cascades down. At a certain point the face purses it’s lips and a large stream of water shoots out. Then all the pictures go away and the monolith becomes a waterfall. Every age finds something of fascination here to watch for a bit, or to wade.
Bandstand
At the Art Institute of Chicago during “Looptopia”–a curatorial nightmare but otherwise fun.
The Chicago River
Art of various kinds
On The Way 