Today is Kalista’s birthday, so happy birthday Kalista!
Hope your day is as amazing as you want it to be!
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We begin where we left off last Friday. Kim, Lowell, Tony, and I were hanging out by The Bean after having supper at Giordano’s.
The Bean is one of the few touristy things I’ve seen in my life that didn’t disappoint. But something else on this trip did disappoint.
Underneath The Bean.
In Las Vegas I never found a mailbox. I marked this one so I could actually mail postcards from Chicago this time.
I loved this clock.
I think the Nederlander Theater was called The Orient Theater, before they realized that was racist.
Jagged Little Pill was playing, which Jesse wants to go see in Minneapolis.
Right next door to it is a Garrett’s popcorn, which I would go to twice on this trip.
The historic Chicago Theater.
I wanted to hit up the Torture Museum so bad, but I never made it. And that is what regrets are made of.
Reverse angle, Chicago Theater.
There was a wide variety of acts that played here while we were there.
Window shopping at the Torture Museum.
Across the street from the Chicago Theater was this alley with a bunch of sweet murals.
This mural may have given me nightmares.
After this we went back to our hotel rooms. I think Tony and I watched the Minnesota Timberwolves get crushed in their playoff game. I dozed off after a pretty good Day 1 in Chicago.
Next Friday we will start in on Day 2.
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REMINDER THAT NEXT MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY. WHILE YOUR BANK AND THE GOVERNMENT AND A BUNCH OF OTHER BUSINESSES TAKE THE DAY OFF, THERE IS NO REST FOR PHOTOGRAPHY 139. RISE AND GRIND EVERY SINGLE DAY. I DON’T KNOW WHAT MY PLANS ARE FOR MEMORIAL DAY (OTHER THAN MAYBE SLEEPING LATE AFTER WHAT I HOPE IS AN EPIC MOVIE NIGHT ON SUNDAY) BUT IT MIGHT INCLUDE A ROAD TRIP OR A BARBECUE OR A FEW OTHER OPTIONS THAT MIGHT KEEP ME BUSY. LIKEWISE YOU MIGHT BE ENGAGED IN A SIMILAR ACTIVITY ON MONDAY MORNING. YOU MIGHT NOT GET A REMINDER AND YOU MIGHT NOT BE IN A POSITION TO SUBMIT. PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
This is your reminder that this week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is PARK:
PARK
PARK! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
But what in the John Culbertson is a PARK image? Simply put, it is a picture taken in a PARK. And there are all sorts of PARKs. There are city, state, national, baseball, softball, playgrounds, nature preserves, urban, pocket, sculpture gardens, cultural… just to name a few. Of course, there is more than one definition of PARK.
Also, if you take a picture of a PARK, let me know the name of the park and I will include it in the entry on Monday. If you don’t, I might ask you.
PARK has only been a theme one other time in the 10 year history of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE/RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT. I was actually surprised, because I thought that it had never been a theme before. I guess this makes it the second time.
Here are some previous submissions that will hopefully inspire your submission this time:
Micky Augustin – Week 195
Cathie Raley – Week 195
Kim Barker – Week 195
Andy Sharp – Week 195
Christopher D. Bennett – Week 195
Happy photo harvesting!