Trip to Chicago - Day 2

January 31, 2007 by Stephen.

Today, since no museum that we are interested is on the Free Day. I planned to go to the Millennium Park. We found out there is a pegway and also another way in the Hyatt buildings that we could go through to close to the park without in the cold weather. We saw the AON building and Prudential building, and the cloud gate, Millennium Monument and Pritzker Pavilion in the Millennium Park. The breakfast that we had in the Hyatt Regency Hotel West building are coffee from Dukin Donut, which was not that good like other Dukin Donuts because it was tasted like water. The Italian Sandwish that I ordered from POTBELLY SANDWCH WORK in the same building was worth it.
We went to visit the Chicago Cultural Center. When we get in the building, it had music inside. We didn’t know there was a concert. I went to the information desk, the lady ther whispered to me asking me if I need anything. I couldn’t hear her so she had to speak a little louder to me again. Then she told me there is a concert here.

That is the the LaSalle Bank Dame Myra Hess Memorial concerts, a series designed to showcase talented young artists, are presented each Wednesday at 12:15 P.M. (http://www.imfchicago.org/hessmain.html) and broadcast on WFMT-FM, Chicago, 98.7 and Channel 25 TV. (http://www.wfmt.com/). They had the beautiful Tiffiny Dome Ceiling and glass windows.
This is what we heard there:

Après une lecture de Bartók
Free Variations
Open Strings
Allegro poco vivace
Elisa Järvi (b. 1976)

Later, we went to the John Hancock Building, Signature Room restaurant and Cheesecake factory in the John Hancock building. Fourth Presbyterian Church across the street, Macy’s in the Water House Plaze and the “real” Water Houses across street from the Plaza. Then we took a chance to see the Navy Pier. There is a Crystal Garden, Children Museum and boats.

In the evening, we went to a restaurant called HOULIHAN’S, which is also in the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The Cabernet that we ordered was the best and it made me become the Cabernet lover from Merlot lover. That was called Redwood Creek Cabernet. HOULIHAN’S had an description about it: “Picture this: you’re strolling through a grove of oak trees, eating chocolate covered cherries.” We could not agree more than that.

Also in HOULIHAN’S wine list: “DEEP THOUGHT: WATER DIVIDES THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. WINE UNITED THEM. ”

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