MattDJ - LOVE LOVE LOVE those Fall shots! I LOVE the Fall. LOVE it. ;-)
sam - I ate at that same Giordano's on my first (and so far only) trip to Chicago -- AND saw the bean. AND the museum. It's like we took the same trip!
kelly a. - The leaf images just give me a giant warm fuzzy. Looks like you chose a perfect day to visit "the bean", too! Great shots as always :)
Calvin - That is great Melissa. I do admit having some down time every so often is good. Chicago is one of my favorite places to travel.
Mike - Giordano's or Gino's East...hard to decide for me:)
Melissa Jill :) - Hi Danielle--It was taken on the Illinois Prairie Path!
Brooke in WI - Why is it that on a photographers blog(whose pictures I love) the first thing that makes me have to comment is the Giordano's pizza. I knew it was theirs before I saw the sign! I've been known to order it frozen and take it home to KS on the plane! OMG!!!
Amanda Mays - Sweet Pictures! Makes me want to go back to chicago!
Danielle - Okay. I live in Chicago and I HAVE to know... Where was that 3rd photo taken?
kindra - I once ran down the streets of downtown chicago, in the middle of February, in nothing but a sleeveless top, pencil skirt and flip flops, fresh off the plane from AZ, to arrive at the gates of paradise (Giordano's Pizza revolving door), MERE seconds before they turned the deadbolt for closing. I took the deep-dish-chicago-style-pizza-from-the-gods back to my lonely hotel room. I was cold, I was exhausted, it was worth it.
Melissa Jill :) - Hey Libby--actually they permit cameras in the permanent exhibits--just not the temporary/borrowed ones.
Libby - How did you get those pictures inside the Art Institute? Don't they usually hunt down the people with cameras? haha.
Regina White - LOVE LOVE LOVE CHI-TOWN! OMG those photos of the art are so clear and sharp. Awesome! NO CHEESE! Aye.
Looks like you had a blast and the bean photo rocks that you were the only three around.
tami - oh how fun! chicago is one of my top favorite places in the country. my bro went to seminary there and i did sever fun visits! i'm so jealous! have safe travels.
Shannon S. - Yay for #77!!!! Somehow everything looks better in your pictures than it did in real life. Hmmm... It was so much fun to have you here Mel! Thanks for squeezing us in to your schedule. I'm glad that you had a good time because I know that we did! Love you!