Home Is Where the Heart Is

Well, my “home” is Columbus, but you all know where my heart really is.

After some about an hour-long delay at Midway Airport, Southwest Airlines Flight 2220 departed at about 10:30pm CST, 55 minutes behind schedule. What is it with me NEVER getting back to Columbus on time? Hmmm. Maybe Chicago loves me so much that it doesn’t want to let me go.

Someday it won’t have to.

I’m tired, but just wanted to let those of you who were wondering if I made it home okay…yes, I’m home. I’m going to bed. I’m TIRED.

But it was so worth it. Details and pictures soon. ♥

(Originally posted at Anywhere Is...)

Because I NEED to Wake Up…

(Originally posted at Anywhere Is...)

Chicago (Lots of Pictures!)

CHICAGO!

Spent another weekend in awesome Chicago with awesome adamselzer. The weather was still cooler than I would have liked (but much better than the 2º F foolishness that was going on the last time I was there), but I had a good time anyway. I got to eat Chicago-style hotdogs and duck fat fries at Hot Doug’s, I went on Ken’s Weird Chicago tour (I’d only been on Adam’s prior, and it was when it was brand new), got freaked the hell out in the Liar’s Club (I feel like I got freaked out in there the first time), ran into Hector from the Chicago Hauntings tour—first at Ft. Dearborn (in all fairness, Adam and I did stage that) and also at the site of the Eastland Disaster—and well, had a great time all weekend, really.

I got time to act like a total tourist and to take lots of pictures, so here goes:

Church

Wall at Hot Doug’s

Yummmm

El train, library, and some other buildings I’m sure adamselzer knows the name of.

Michigan Ave

Smurfette & Something building. Who can guess which movie featured this building??

Millennium Park

Millennium Park Bean – sideview

Millennium Park Bean

Reflection of the city in the Bean

Reflection of the city in the Bean #2

Reflection of Adam and me in the Bean

Humanity

Wicked marquee. confusified, this is for you.

Ah yes, this it is.

House of Crosses
One of the stops on the Weird Chicago tour is the House of Crosses. The owner put up a cross to keep gangs away (The Gaylords), and it worked so well, he kept adding more and more. This is the coach house in the back.

People have built a shrine to what looks like an apparition of La Virgen de Guadalupe as a salt stain under one of the Chicago bridges.

There is a very strange thing about this painting. Can anyone guess what it is? (P.S. this sign always makes me crave Mexican food)

Adam blacked out for a bit and had this crazy notion that he was Spiderman.

Again, the blackout continues. This move actually IS called Spiderman.

Hope you enjoyed all those pictures!

Soon, I will post about today’s trip to Blendon Woods park with Aidan. ♥

‘Til next time.

(Originally posted at Anywhere Is...)