Lincoln Park

These are some last few snapshots from our day in Chicago.

Again, our friend MD was the ultimate host.  He was the sweetest. The sweetest.

We spent the remainder of the day in Lincoln Park walking around, having lunch at a Hawaiian restaurant, and nibbling on cupcakes afterwards.

We can't wait to go back this spring and hopefully stay for a whole weekend!

 

The Field Museum II

Dinosaurs! Egyptians! More Dinosaurs!

That is exactly what we encountered on the rest of our tour through the museum.  They have quite the plethora of dinosaurs.  And when we weren't looking at dinosaurs, we were being dinosaurs in the gift shop with their dino merchandise. See those awesome teradactyl wings?

 

We also spent a large chunk of time in the ancient egyptian section.  This was for my own needs, so a big thanks to Becca and MD for their patience.  (They amused themselves by trying out "egyptian" pronunciations of the displays.  Linguistic professionals. ;) ) 

The Field Museum

This post could also have been titled "too many pictures with Sue" and rightly so.  If you're not familiar with the Field Museum or with archaeology, Sue is that big T-rex that made her way into quite a few of our photos from today.

 

Becca and I took a day on Saturday to go to Chicago.  I had some academic needs that required a trip to the Field Museum, so with our friend MD as our city guide we took off.  I am so thankful that Becca and MD accompanied me on this excursion.  They were so patient as I roamed around the Egypt and ancient civilization sections of the museum.

 

It has been years since I have been to any of the Chicago museums, so it was fun going back.  But really I would imagine doing anything with those two would be fun.

P.S. When I've been uploading pictures lately they seem to be losing some of their quality.  Sorry about that. :(

Milwaukee by Boat

On our day trip, we took a boat tour of milwaukee.  We love boat tours because the skylines are always gorgeous and seeing a city as a whole, from the outside, gives a different perspective.  For instance, we had the opportunity to see the architecture of the art museum that we went to later in the day from the water side. 

During the tour there were a lot of sailboats out and we passed by both historical and current lighthouses.  (Reinforcing my love of nautical things.)  It was a beautiful day to be on the water.  It started out a little gray, but became a clear, sunny sky.  Perfect for boating.

We met a couple on the boat that lived in milwaukee-they were being tourists in their own town (how fun!)-who gave us some great recommendations.  They told us to check out the third ward for dinner, shopping, and such.  We took their advice, which I'll post soon! 

hello, milwaukee!

Yesterday we took a day trip to milwaukee.  Originally it just started out that we were going to see the offspring at the rave club in the evening (which we still did), but then we decided to arrive in milwaukee early and spend the day there.  And we made the most of the day!  We took a boat tour, went to the art museum, walked the waterfront, ate at the public market, and toured the third ward.

We fit alot in or at least i think so.  And you know what? We kind of really like milwaukee. ;)