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Lunch at the beach
Today was Chicago's first sixty degree day in 2011. I took a longer lunch at work and walked down to the Ohio Street Beach. It was so warm, quiet and peaceful at the beach. It was nice seeing water rolling in on the beach instead of ice. I had to touch the water to welcome in spring.
However, it was also strange watching the water rolling onto the shore, because it reminded me of the tsunami in Japan. Of course the waves coming in on Lake Michigan aren't from Japan. But I was imagining that they were.
But it was such a nice day that as I walked along the shore, I wrote "Yay for spring" in the sand and took some photos. What would you have w
The fun of riding the Chicago Christmas train
I was going to make this into a journal entry, but I ended up putting the entire story as the caption in the photo Chicago Christmas train.
Chicago City Hall during Christmas is beautiful
The old marble walls are lit up with alternating green and red lamps. It's simply majestic.
During lunch I walked from the Tribune Tower down to Daley Plaza looking for Christmas things to photograph. The Christkindl Market in Daley Plaza was pleasantly not busy for 3pm on Thursday. However, I wasn't feeling inspired by anything to shoot outside at the market.
This year the market has many ornament shops. It was a delight to not have it super crowded inside. I was able to take some photographs inside. It was amazing how all the ornaments in the boxes were neatly arranged. Seriously, many of the ornaments were not just merely in the box, the
Excited about Christmas in Chicago
As I walked around downtown Chicago a little bit tonight after bible study group, I was getting excited about all the potential photos I can take. I didn't have my DSLR and tripod with me, so I wasn't taking any photos.
It was cool seeing a big wreath hanging up in the south entrance of the Chicago Cultural Center. And all the big trumpets on Macy's (aka Marshall Fields). I especially love the Macy's Christmas windows this year.
I just posted Photo of Chicago Art Institute Lions wearing red bubble Christmas wreaths: VII
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