Our plan was to escape the city, hang by the pool, gossip and drink fancy drinks. I had my first ever Bloody Mary, it’s apparently time to grow up.
The weather was more on our side today. No rain but still pretty cold.
Tired, cold and hungry after the game we came across this all American bar, they had fried pickles. Amazing!
Everyone said I had to go visit the Navy Pier, I’m not entirely sure why.
Was greeted by overcast and rain. Didn’t bother me so much though, we get plenty of sunshine in Los Angeles, so I was happy to see some rain.
Made it to Millennium Park and the bean. Everyone has to see the bean. No one knows why though.
The Chicago website says:
Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoor’s first public outdoor work installed in the United States.
The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect Chicago’s famous skyline and the clouds above. A 12-foot-high arch provides a “gate” to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives. Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high.
It was actually a lot smaller than I expected.
The food in Chicago is not really to my taste. Just a lot of “stuff” that’s greasy and flavorless. A bit of a bummer.
It kept on raining so we better take shelter in a bar.
Everyone else seemed to be okay with it raining sideways cause the bar was empty.
You know you’re at the right spot when they have these signs by the front door.
Had the famous Chicago style deep dish pizza. I’m glad I did, but I really don’t have to try it again.
We had all afternoon and no plans so we drove a few miles north on the 365 and hit the Mono Lake. Mono Lake used to be a very healthy little lake, but then came the human and fucked it up. Now we have to work on getting it back to normal again.
I’m all beached out now. Give me some snow!
My plans for today was the same as for yesterday, do nothing. I managed better today.
I didn’t see any fish in the water but they had big fish tanks at the hotel so I could fake a photo and make it look like I’m swimming with the fishes.
Walked over the bridge for lunch, really pushing the not doing anything here.
Made it to Bones Sea Food. Conch is apparently a local favorite so I had to try.
I didn’t expect the conch salad to be a ceviche, I wasn’t stoked when I got it but it was not all that bad. I’d order the fried conch next time.
More beach time after lunch, and a Pina Colada in a coconut!
Went to the Red Door for late night drinks and dancing. I felt very very much out of place.
Came home late and found someones left overs in the corridor. I thought it was a little gross, but I still had to take a photo.
I made it to Nassau and the hotel. Got handed a cold beer and a room key and was told to go have fun by myself while waiting for the boys to be done with work.
I have made it into a tradition to go to the beach on new years day, and this year was no exception.
I drank a late lunch.
