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Chicago visit #1

by lorilea

Because, yes, there was a visit #2 in the same week.

This one was a day trip with friends. Two of my crazy friends from work. (They look crazy, don’t they?)

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We’ll call them Easy and Peasy.

They were awesome travel companions, I must say. They talked the entire drive there (and back…and while we were traipsing all over the city) so the normal three-hour trip didn’t seem nearly that long. They were also open to anything I wanted to do – and they were excited about pretty much everything we did do.

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Tourists always look up. That’s where the best architecture is!
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I’d been to the Cultural Center before, but never looked at it in detail the way I did this time around.
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Selfie with unaware friends!
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Perusing the exhibit.
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A big red statue? Irresistible!
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More gorgeous Cultural Center architecture.
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I’m not sure they saw the appeal of the mirrored reflection.
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Millennium Park never seems to get old to me. It’s awesome being right there in the city, but enjoying a nice stretch of greenery.
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That, my friends, is Leonard Slatkin. Someone I know was VERY excited about that.
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They never noticed when I did things like this.
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Cooperative, aren’t they?
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I’ve never walked through the Lurie Gardens before. So nice!

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Lisa!
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Visiting our Chicago “office.”
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Group photo before we trekked back to the parking garage.