Chicago

“It’s 106 miles to Chicago.  We’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sun glassess.  Hit it!”

— Jake and Elwood Blues, “The Blues Brothers”

-A movie where the impossible, improbable and the incredibel happen… And yes… its set in Chicago!

  

Bean

The Bean, or the “Big Shiny Thing” in Millennium Park is actually the sculpture named “Cloud Gate”, made of fortified stainless stell and designed by Anish Kapoor.

This shouldn’t be too hard to miss!

I can’t wait to see the pictures you have taken, and hear about your day trip to Chicago!  Bus ride and all!

feeling artsy…

… so I played a little with PhotoSuite. It’s my first attempt to create anything with it. I used a pic I had taken, cut out a part and use the filter on it. I went for that French Impressionist look. What do you think?

Art Fair on the Square

I am in Madison, Wisconsin right now. Today and yesterday there was an art show called Art Fair on the Square (around the Capitol). It was actually neat. Here’s a pic: