A Downtown Day - Art, State Street and a Brownie

 I woke up feeling a little under the weather.  So I decided to take a home Covid test. Argh!!  Positive!!  So we had to re-think some of our plans.  Luckily, we were not signed up for any official tours.  I just planned to wear my mask when we did anything indoors.  I felt like I just had a mild cold.

We walked to the Wildberry Cafe for breakfast.  It was listed as having outdoor seating but that was incorrect.  

Wow. What a delicious breakfast. After breakfast we walked the Magnificent Mile towards Millennium Park.

The Chicago Tribune building.   

On one wall they have actual pieces from places around the world.

We went into the Fannie May store to buy some chocolates

We went into the Cultural Art Center to find the largest Tiffany glass dome

We thought that this was it, but no, there was another dome.

This was the Tiffany glass dome.

We have heard about the Chicago fire at every tour.  This made it more visual.

We got to Millennium Park

 

The Cloud Gate (the Bean) was fun, 

Crown Fountain, there are 2 of these structures, facing each other.  The faces change and periodically they "spit" at each other. We sat and watched this for a while.  

We went to the Art Institute.  They would not let us in because we had bags of food (our sealed  Fannie May purchases) , so Jeanne and I took them home while Kris and Sharon got a head start in the Art Institute. 

Side entrance of the Art Institute

Monet

Van Gogh

Seurat

Georgia O'Keeffe

In the gift shop checking out a lexon mino - tiny speaker with a remote clicker for the phone camera.  The salesperson was good!! Jeanne bought one

The front entrance of the Art Institute

Close up of the sign we saw  before.

It was time for a sit-down break.  We went to the Palmer House, which is a Hilton Hotel, to the Lockwood Express Grab and Go to get our brownie.

Bertha's brownies are famous.  They were delicious.

Gorgeous lobby

We got a better look at the Calder Flamingo

Floating stairs designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the Rookery Building

Cool Fountain

This 70 foot mosaic mural wraps around on all sides of this wall.

We walked up State Street

We walked on home.

Our "last" sunset.

We relaxed a while.  When we were ready for dinner we decided to eat in the apartment.  Al's #1 Italian Beef was close.  We placed an order for a couple of sandwiches.  Jeanne and I walked there to get those.  Sharon and Kris walked to Whole Foods to get a salad and more wine. 

Delicious.  Half of a sandwich and salad.  

Our final day was kind of a downtown review.  We got to see some things close up instead of from a van or boat.  It was a lot of walking and outdoor stuff.  I wore my mask any time we went indoors. 

So, I was careful, but I guess it was not what you would call isolating myself.  22,044 steps!!

What a wonderful trip this was.  So much to see and too little time.  There were some things we did not get to.  We never did ride the "L".  We did not go to Bang, Bang Pie. I guess we will just have to come back some day.  Our apartment was very comfortable and not too far from downtown.  They had a lot of "green" products, including the facial tissues.

Made with bamboo and sugar cane!! They did not go to any effort to make it soft.

The weather cooperated. It would have been better if I had not gotten sick.   Hopefully, the others won't get sick.  I just feel like I have a minor cold.  Everyone else tested this morning and they are all Covid Free.