Chicago – taking the windy city by storm

We couldn’t resist and had to be total groupies and have our photo with the tour bus.?

As most of you know, Tricia, and I were in Chicago this week to see the Free to Suceed tour with David Jay & Jasmine Star – two of?our very favourite photographers.?? We had an awesome time.? Here are some of the photos we took on our downtown excursion.

This is the “Marshall Fields” department store downtonwn.

Of course we had to take the extra tour with a stop at Harpo studios.? They aren’t filming right now, but we did visit the Oprah Store and snagged ourselves a couple of souveniers.

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The building on the right is the new Trump tower, still under construction.? I loved the contrast of the really old high rise next to it.? Very cool!

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One of the stops on the bus was Millenium Park.? What a cool park right in the heart of downtown.? It had beautiful gardens and fountains, an outdoor amphitheatre, and this thing… don’t know what they call it but it’s pretty cool.? The second photo is a self portrait of us.

This was our high class mode of transportation!? It was fun…. and totally tourist-like!

I’m happy to say I have the weekend off to spend some time with my family.? I’ll be blogging more next week about some things I learned in Chicago and want to share with you.? I’ll also soon be posting my slideshows from last weekend’s weddings!? If you are looking for something to do tomorrow, come and join Chris & I and the kids at the Zurich Bean Festival – it’s always a fun time!

Sandra - September 3, 2008 - 2:18 pm

Hey Matt! That’s right come to think of it… someone did call it “the bean”…. funny! Definately a cool sculpture no matter what you call it!! Thanks for commenting!!

Matt - September 3, 2008 - 2:15 pm

Sandra, that sculpture in Millenium Park is officially named “Cloud Gate”, but everybody refers to it as “the bean”. That should make it even more special to you as a resident of Zurich!

Dusty - September 2, 2008 - 5:30 pm

Sandra & Tricia, looks like you had a great time and Im so excited for you guys with the announcement, Congrats to you both your amazing! Also I am extremely jealous about touring Harpo, Im an Oprah junkie!!!! Talk to you soon!

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