https://www.thingelstad.com/categories/chicago-2018/ en Sat, 07 Apr 2018 01:00:00 -0500 https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/07/chicago-bean.html Sat, 07 Apr 2018 01:00:00 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/07/chicago-bean.html <p>Chicago Bean.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/8ebc99a42d.jpg" alt="Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park Chicago reflecting the skyline with tourists gathered around it on a cloudy day"> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/06/visited-the-michigan.html Fri, 06 Apr 2018 19:45:02 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/07/visited-the-michigan.html <p>Visited the <a href="https://www.apple.com/retail/michiganavenue/">Michigan Avenue Apple Store</a> when we were in Chicago. Amazing architecture. The building feels invisible.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/58c624c0db.jpg" alt="Apple Michigan Avenue store on the Chicago Riverwalk, with the Chicago Tribune building and skyscrapers behind it." width="600" height="450" /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/06/193931.html Fri, 06 Apr 2018 19:39:31 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/06/193931.html <p>The view from the <a href="http://www.360chicago.com">360 Chicago</a> deck on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/875_North_Michigan_Avenue">John Hancock Tower</a> was incredible.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/c0c664f566.jpg" alt="Chicago skyline aerial view looking south from John Hancock Tower, with Willis Tower and Lake Michigan visible in the distance." width="600" height="450" /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/1bd373a5b2.jpg" alt="Aerial view north along Chicago's lakefront showing Lake Shore Drive, sandy beaches, and dense downtown skyscrapers beside Lake Michigan" width="600" height="450" /></p> <p>Family selfie from the top of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/875_North_Michigan_Avenue">John Hancock Tower</a>.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/1e54db93d1.jpg" alt="Family of four smiling for a selfie at 360 Chicago with the Chicago skyline visible through floor-to-ceiling windows behind them." width="600" height="450" /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/06/the-thorne-miniature.html Fri, 06 Apr 2018 19:35:50 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/07/the-thorne-miniature.html <p>The <a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/thorne">Thorne Miniature Rooms</a> at the Art Institute of Chicago are incredible. You can find detail in each one over and over.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/7942125c64.jpg" alt="Thorne Miniature Room depicting a French-style bedroom with a canopy bed, grandfather clock, fireplace, and terracotta tile floor" width="600" height="450" /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/5ff11842bd.jpg" alt="Thorne Miniature Room depicting an English Tudor bedchamber with carved oak paneling, ornate fireplace, four-poster bed with green curtains, and floral rug." width="600" height="450" /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/77fcd01e25.jpg" alt="Thorne Miniature Room showing an elegant Georgian drawing room with chandelier, bookcase, fireplace, and period furniture on a floral rug" width="600" height="450" /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/ae7b3ffa34.jpg" alt="Miniature colonial dining room with dark oval table, Chippendale chairs, corner cabinet, scenic wallpaper, and draped windows" width="600" height="450" /></p> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/06/chicago-cloud-gate.html Fri, 06 Apr 2018 14:26:38 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/06/chicago-cloud-gate.html <p>Chicago <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate">Cloud Gate</a> sculpture.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/e07026bfcf.jpg" alt="Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park reflecting Chicago skyline and clouds, visitors walking around it on stone plaza" width="450" height="600" /> <p>Inside the Chicago <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate">Cloud Gate</a>.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/2debc7dc6e.jpg" alt="View from beneath Cloud Gate in Chicago showing its curved mirrored steel surface reflecting distorted images of visitors walking below" width="600" height="450" /> <p>Chicago <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate">Cloud Gate</a>.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/2fba00047e.jpg" alt="Cloud Gate bean sculpture in Millennium Park Chicago reflecting the city skyline with tourists gathered around it on a cloudy day" width="600" height="450" /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/04/chicago.html Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:53:04 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/05/chicago.html <p>Chicago.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/955aa43dd4.jpg" alt="Marina City twin corncob towers rising above the Chicago River on a cloudy day" width="450" height="600" /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/04/time-for-hamilton.html Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:16:03 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/04/time-for-hamilton.html <p>Time for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)">Hamilton</a>! 🎭🎶</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/ec61b64871.jpg" alt="Family of four posing outside CIBC Theatre under the Hamilton musical marquee in Chicago" width="450" height="600" /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/04/willis-towerhttpsenwikipediaorgwikiwillistower.html Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:52:53 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/04/willis-towerhttpsenwikipediaorgwikiwillistower.html <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Tower">Willis Tower</a>.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/57024ca698.jpg" alt="Willis Tower skyscraper shot from below looking up, black and white, bundled tube facade rising into a cloudy sky" width="600" height="600" /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/04/million-three-different.html Wed, 04 Apr 2018 10:58:26 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/04/million-three-different.html <p>$1 million three different ways ($1, $20, and $100 bills) at Chicago Fed <a href="https://www.chicagofed.org/education/money-museum/index">Money Museum</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/e606a2c7fd.jpg" alt="Tilted metal-framed cube packed with bundled US dollar bills on display at the Chicago Fed Money Museum" width="600" height="600" /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/70d8ee708b.jpg" alt="One million dollars in banded stacks of $20 bills arranged in a circular display under a glass dome at the Chicago Fed Money Museum." width="600" height="599" /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/42f20e547d.jpg" alt="Uncut sheet of $100 bills displayed under glass in an open aluminum briefcase at the Chicago Fed Money Museum" width="600" height="600" /></p> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/04/delicious-espresso-at.html Wed, 04 Apr 2018 09:38:18 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/04/delicious-espresso-at.html <p>Delicious espresso at <a href="https://caffeumbria.com">Caffe Umbria</a> this morning.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/e08f264940.jpg" alt="Yellow Strada espresso machine branded Caffe Umbria with colorful ceramic cups stacked on top, to-go cups and coffee bags on counter nearby." width="600" height="599" /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/03/array-of-d.html Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:34:21 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/04/array-of-d.html <p>Array of 3D printers at <a href="https://www.msichicago.org">Museum of Science &amp; Industry</a>.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/a6cdb45c8a.jpg" alt="Numbered red and black 3D printers stacked on metal shelving racks in a darkened room at the Museum of Science and Industry" width="600" height="337" /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/03/i-love-watching.html Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:32:37 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/04/i-love-watching.html <p>I love watching the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil">Tesla coil</a> at the Chicago <a href="https://www.msichicago.org">Museum of Science &amp; Industry</a>. ⚡️⚡️⚡️</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/8c9571a3d0.jpg" alt="Tesla coil at the Museum of Science and Industry firing bright lightning bolts, viewed from below through large circular resonator rings." width="600" height="599" /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/0484d983d4.jpg" alt="Tesla coil firing bright lightning bolts from a central toroid, surrounded by two large metal rings, viewed from below in a dark room." width="600" height="599" /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/25a80b19d8.jpg" alt="Tesla coil at Chicago Museum of Science and Industry shooting electric arcs outward, viewed from below in black and white" width="600" height="599" /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/7a5d66ba16.jpg" alt="Tesla coil firing bright lightning bolts outward from a central toroid, surrounded by two large circular conductor rings, viewed from below." width="600" height="599" /></p> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/02/forty-minute-wait.html Mon, 02 Apr 2018 18:49:00 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/02/forty-minute-wait.html <p>Forty minute wait for deep dish at <a href="https://www.loumalnatis.com">Lou Malnati&rsquo;s</a>? Sure.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/5e1e9b09ca.jpg" alt="Lou Malnatis Pizzeria storefront on a downtown Chicago sidewalk with a red vertical sign and red awning." width="600" height="600" /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/02/ready-for-sharks.html Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:24:22 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/02/ready-for-sharks.html <p>Ready for Sharks 4D movie at <a href="https://www.sheddaquarium.org">Shedd Aquarium</a>!</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/a6df517d65.jpg" alt="Family of four wearing matching red 3D glasses at Shedd Aquarium, smiling and posing for a selfie before a 4D movie." width="600" height="451" /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/02/delicious-unfiltered-foiken.html Mon, 02 Apr 2018 13:04:56 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/02/delicious-unfiltered-foiken.html <p>Delicious unfiltered Foiken Haze New England IPA at <a href="http://www.erischicago.com">ERIS Brewery and Cider House</a>. 🍻</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/9e765f8044.jpg" alt="Pint glass of hazy unfiltered New England IPA with a thick white foam head on a branded brewery coaster at a restaurant table" width="600" height="600" /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/01/011107.html Sun, 01 Apr 2018 20:11:07 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/02/011107.html <p>We had a blast at <a href="https://www.wizardquest.com">Wizard Quest</a> today and completed our challenge with a ⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating! This was a really fun time for everyone.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/8cbcdbcb7b.jpg" alt="Family of four smiling together inside Wizard Quest, a fantasy-themed room with stone walls and shelves of old books." width="600" height="450" /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/04/01/we-won-the.html Sun, 01 Apr 2018 20:07:31 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2018/04/02/we-won-the.html <p>We won “The Circus” room at <a href="https://www.doaroomescape.com/the-rooms/">D.O.A. Room Escape</a> today with a few minutes to spare! It was fun to do a room where the kids led the way! 👍🏻 <a href="https://www.thingelstad.com/lists/escape-rooms/">Room 12</a>!</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2018/7e716ea29b.jpg" alt="Man wearing oversized orange glasses and two kids posing with circus sideshow cutout boards at an escape room" width="600" height="450" />