Chicago, IL
Today we explored the city. Chicago is known for its architecture and we saw it all during our Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise. I was impressed by the Trump Tower, the Willis Tower, and some of Chicago's finest ingenuity. Did you know that engineers reversed the Chicago River so that the city could send its sewage to St. Louis? Brilliant. Let Missouri have all the radioactive fish.
Finally, it was time for Second City. Since I had seen their Toronto troupe perform last summer (and really enjoyed it), I had high expectations. We grabbed a quick bite to eat at Wells on Wells and made our way to the theater.
Carl and Drew cruise the Chicago River
For lunch, Carl and I went to the Billy Goat Tavern. The place is known for being one of the first fast food restaurants in Chicago. It wasn't a chain or anything, and the inside was pretty dumpy, but those hamburgers were delicious.
After our $6.50 combo lunches, Carl and I set off to explore the city. We planned to visit the Field Columbian Museum but got distracted along the way. First, we stopped at the Cloud Gateway. This metallic bean showed the Chicago skyline and all sort of angles. So, of course, Carl proceeded to take 9 million photos. We went to the Clarence F. Buckingham Memorial Fountain and then the marina. It was sunny and nice... never quite made it to the museum.
Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate
It was a blast. The show was broken into 3 acts. The first and second were rehearsed but third was entirely improvised. We laughed, we cringed and had a few drinks. In one skit, the actors pretended to be in the future, studying archives from 2013. Apparently 90% of recorded history consisted of cat videos and pictures of food "right before being eaten". It was very funny show. Hope to see the actors and actresses on SNL some day.
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