Chicago: Navy Pier
After the deep dish pizza meal at Pizzeria Uno, I headed next to the Navy Pier. It was just a short 20 minutes walk to the pier. The Navy Pier is the top tourist attraction in Chicago. It has an air of...
View ArticleChicago: The Art Institute of Chicago
So that was a very busy first day in Chicago. There is one place I absolutely want to go was the art museum. It has to be that very day … that very evening. And so I rushed from the Navy Pier to the...
View ArticleChicago: Day 2 on the Chicago Riverwalk
OK, Vancouver. It’s alright. It’s OK. You gotta let it go at some point and move on. Credit: The Province on May 28th, 2010 I know it’s hard being soundly thrashed by the same Chicago Blackhawks for...
View ArticleChicago: John Hancock Center and The Magnificent Mile
I had planned to spend the rest of the morning walking the Magnificent Mile. It turned out to be not a a great idea because it was quite deserted on a weekend morning. All the shops were closed. At...
View ArticleChicago: Giordano’s World Famous Stuffed Pizza
After the visit to the John Hancock Center, it was time to get a bite. A real bite. Enough of popcorns no matter how good they are. So I walked a few short blocks south to Giordano’s Pizzeria....
View ArticleChicago: Museum of Science and Industry
There are some sights that will take just an hour and there are some that takes a few hours to cover properly. It is the big museums that is more time consuming. So I normally would put in one such...
View ArticleChicago: Can’t Decide What To Do!
It was day 3 in Chicago. The last day before I return home. I had done all the important sights on the first two days that I don’t have a clear plan of what to do. So if it means criss-crossing the...
View ArticleChicago: The Chicago History Museum
The Fields Museum of Natural History was simply too large to visit for the day. I thought it is better to spend the time in a smaller, more relevant museum for my trip. For a human history buff like...
View ArticleChicago: Foodlife
Time to eat. After the Chicago History Museum, I headed back to the Magnificent Mile. I read about a place where they say is a gourmet food court. It is located at the Water Tower Place, the same...
View ArticleChicago: And Lastly … The Centennial Fountain
So I had three nice days in Chicago as a side short vacation from a business trip in Atlanta. By the third day, I felt it’s just time to go home. I was getting home sick. No matter how exciting...
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