Fun in the City (Dec 17)

I never did get a chance to upload the photos and blog about a trip that my neighbor/friend and I made to the city back in December.  Here we are - Natalie and I, on the train :-)

I do love this city. Always pretty neat having the river run along the buildings:

We actually came out here for the Christmas market:

And there's actually a Picasso installation right in the middle of it!

Time for some lunch - potato pancakes and a massive pretzel!

After roaming around the market, we decide to walk over to the Macy's:

Such fancy window decorations, which means another photo op :-)

Natalie shows me around the Macy store as well - check out this massive Christmas tree in the Walnut Room.  Woah!!

It's suppose to be quite the tradition here - to eat a fancy meal here.  We'll have to try it one day :-)

Okay, I don't remember the name of the building we walked into now.  But there was definitely some amazing architecture:

I mean, check out this room!!

Pretty railing and floor tiles:

Another angle of the stair railing - so intricate:

I wish I remembered the name of this building.  Like I said before, so much to look at!

Another room - another wow:

I could probably just hang out in this room all day:

More amazing tile work:

Walking back to the train and walking across the street from the Christmas market:

Another very "interesting" sculpture:

A sculpture by Joan Miro named Miro's Chicago:

This is why I love coming into the city - you just never know what you're going to see and find!  Thank you Natalie for taking me out today :-)