
More from Chicago, this time taken with the digital camera. Sometimes I put
the Diana lens on it, because I really like that funny lil' thing. I used it at the Art Institute because I am certain that modern art looks pretty great through the Diana lens.
I was so happy that our visit coincided with a
William Eggleston exhibition. He happens to be my favourite photographer (I also love the fact that he seems to be a bit of a curmudgeon). I had a dream about his dye imbibition printing process last night, so that's weird. After traipsing through this exhibition, we really only had time to wander through the contemporary galleries, which was fine by me.

Allison met us at the museum and we went out for drinks at the Rainbo Club in the Ukranian Village. I am always happy to go somewhere that has cheap drinks, and Chicago is full of these sorts of places. Luckily our "guides" knew of a lot of them, too.

We drank Fin du Monde, because sometimes you have to stick with the familiar. We did try more local-ish beers later, such as Two Brothers. I even tried something called Gumball Head. (Pssst, all beer pretty much tastes the same to me.)

Saying goodnight to Allison in the Division El.

Wishing this jacket fit, wishing I had the $250 for it at Penelope's.
Lovely Bake Shop
I forgot to mention this place in my post yesterday. I have to mention it because this is where we met up with
Caitlin and because I think
Erica has to go there when she visits Chicago this summer. This was on our second day and by this time I was a little sick of sugar (shocking!). It's a very cute place! That's the "Lil Lower" nylon tote I got at Marc by Marc Jacobs on the table (I got sucked into a conversation about sales tax at that store, incidentally, which was funny. Tread lightly, my friends. I'm Canadian. You don't even want to know, especially if what Chicagoans pay in sales tax is shocking to you.)
Mia kicked Geoff's butt at Tetris at Club Foot.

Amazing wall art at Perez, which I mentioned in my last post. What is this? Harlequin romance novel art, Aztec-style? Sensational.

Skylark. I really liked this place, but by this time we were so tired that Geoff was nearly nodding off at the table. We did take pictures in this booth, though: six people to eight shots. They're hilarious! But for our eyes only! Black and white photobooths are a novelty to us because I don't think we have any working ones in Toronto any more (does anyone know if the Drake's is out of commission or not?). There was also one at Quimby's.
Beard Papa's
World's best cream puffs! This is a Japanese chain that has yet to reach Toronto. I kind of hope we never get it because maybe these things should be vacation food ONLY. They are too good!

Oh, The Green Mill. It's a nice place, really charming. It's just too bad about the shushing. And the scat singing. I guess I should be happy it wasn't live poetry night! I like chatting with my friends!

So we went up the street and had these pitchers of Long Island iced tea, while laughing about The Green Mill. Some of you probably think I have a drinking problem by now. Spring break!

A few more pictures with the Diana lens (and the Diana Mini -- we haven't finished that roll yet) at Millennium Park.
I have been thinking about one of the places that we completely missed, which was
The Post Family. I think that would have been a pretty cool place to visit! Also, Geoff bought an issue
Proximity magazine at
Myopic Books, both of which are recommended. I read a few articles from the magazine and it's pretty great.
I hope you don't mind that I shared so many of my vacation photos with you!