Chicago ~ Day 2

We are having a blast here in Chicago. Today we bummed around the city all day taking in the sites. The face in the below photo is this really awesome fountain in Memorial Park. You can't really tell in the picture but water is constantly pouring down the face and the picture changes to different faces. The eyes even blink and the mouth moves.

We visited a great photography exhibit in the Museum of Contemporary Art which was very inspiring. The below sculpture "Short Cut" sits right out front.

There is a really gross story about this bridge. Apparently as Dave Matthews Band was traveling through Chicago and their tour bus was going over this bridge the driver thought it would be a good idea to release all of their toilet waste through the grates on the bridge and just dump it in the river. However, at the exact same time that he released the waste, a tour boat just like the one in the photo just happened to be directly under the bridge and as a result everyone in the boat was covered with Dave Matthews Band's poopy. What a mess! After that Dave Matthews donated a very substantial "good will offering" towards the river cleanup. There is a really cool building that includes over 150 pieces from national monuments and events from all over the world that I thought was fascinating.

They even recently added a piece from the World Trade Center

I just couldn't resist taking some photos of the kids playing in this fountain at Navy Pier.

No trip to the windy city is complete without a Chicago Style Hot Dog. These dogs come topped with mustard, relish, onions, tomato wedges, a pickle spear, a sprinkle of celery salt and a poppy sead bun. mmmm!