More sightseeing!

Both Tiffany and Brodie are in town visiting and we've been doing lots of stuff around town.  Here's an update of the last 3 days!  

After the fantastic food tour last week, I decided to take Tiffany back to Old Town to visit some of my favourite shops and to catch a comedy show.  We went back to Old Town Oil where I bought a total of FOUR bottles of oils and vinegars: Roasted Walnut Oil, Garlic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Strawberry Balsamic Vinegar, and Traditional 18-yr aged Balsamic Vinegar.  I could've easily bought more stuff, but at last, I tried to show some restraint.  After visiting the specialty shops and having dinner at the Old Jerusalem Cafe, we went to The Second City Comedy Club.  The Second City has been running for 50 years and is home to many successful comedians such as Tina Fey and Steve Carrell.  The show was hilarious, and the free improv after the show was even better.  

 

The next day, we went on the Shoreline Architecture Boat Tour.  We had Hillary again as a tour guide.  It was great to see all the fantastic architectures in Chicago and to learn so much about its history.  I think I might purchase the membership to the Chicago Architecture Foundation so I can learn more about architecture. 

 

In the afternoon, we went to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field.  The stadium seats 41,000 people, and 33,000 attended on a Wednesday afternoon.  The streets were full of Cubs fans, I can just imagine what an important game would be like.  It was fun.  I didn't know anything about baseball, but it was a lot less boring than I thought it would be!  Highlights include a group singing of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" after the 7th inning, and again "Go Cubs Go" (yes, there is a song), after the Cubs won 5-3. 

 

And yesterday, we went to the Adler Planetarium.  I love all the museums here!  Tiffany and I tried the moon gravity simulator (supposedly the gravity on the moon is 1/6 of the Earth's gravity, but I didn't feel any differently when I was in the simulator).  We also saw some pretty fantastic shows, including a tour of the historic Atwood Theater.  I wish we had a bit more time at the Planetarium, but on to our next top at the Art Institute of Chicago!

 

The Art Institute of Chicago is free on Thursdays, so we got to go in for free.  There were so many people, but it was fantastic.  We didn't nearly have enough time to explore it all.  My favourites were the impressionist paintings (including painters such as Monet, Manet, Pissaro, Renoir, Sisley, Degas, Van Gogh, etc.), the allegorical sculptures, and the Thorne Miniature Rooms (the details in these tiny rooms simply blew my mind).  I will definitely have to go back (maybe even purchase a membership?). 

 

So what's next?  Tonight I'm going to the International Museum of Surgical Sciences with some of my classmates for an art show on medical illustrations and designs (Street Anatomy), and after maybe head to the Jazz Club.  My summer adventure continues!