We did sleep in a get a late start yesterday. Stef and I are not big breakfast eaters so we skipped anything in the morning to save up for this:
A Chicago style deep dish pizza from Gino’s East. It’s a long patient wait (45 minutes) from the time you order until it shows up, and you shouldn’t have much more eating planned for the day. We did more shopping in the afternoon getting in a few miles of walking before heading back to the hotel.
The Art Institute was open late on Friday, until 9PM. We headed over about 5:30 and spent a few hours there. There is a newly opened Modern and Contemporary wing and we checked that out. The new addition is very nice and it’s more open than the neo-classical design of the old building, with great views of the city and park.
We spent a good amount of time going through a special exhibit about wine from ancient times to modern times and the art associated with it. This is a famous piece of Greek pottery that you’ve probably seen if you have any books about wine that include a history section.
Lots of abstract expressionism, including a really good selection of pieces from artist like Jackson Pollack, just before they went fully abstract, which for some reason I didn’t take a picture of, but got this one instead.
We then walked back at dusk through the park to visit the Bean.
A lot of people where trying to get angles of the bean without people in the picture, an almost impossible task, but I think the entire point of the Bean is that people interact with it. As you approach it, it actually looks like you are inside the Bean.
We finally got a little hungry again around 10:00 PM and after a drink at Catch 35, we grabbed a wedge salad from Morton’s. We got back to the room pretty late, with tired feet, another fun day in Chicago.