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| Giant reflective sculpture in Millennium Park |
We’re resting up in
Chicago
for a day or two prior to taking the train down to
Denver,
where we pick up a car and start exploring.
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| Looking under the El along West Adams |
Our hotel is just down West Adams (above), barely three or
four hundred yards from the wonderful Art Institute, so we were in soon after
they opened at ten this morning, feasting our eyes on everything from Mary
Cassatt to Salvador Dali and Roy Lichtenstein, Frederic Remington to Georgia O’Keeffe,
with a few Byzantine mosaics and ultra-modern Charles Ray sculptures thrown in.
The café isn’t bad either.
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| The band |
In the park there was a free concert by a wonderful combo
from French-speaking Africa (Senegal
and Morocco
were mentioned): Mahmoud Ahmed, Ariz
Sahmaoui and University of Gnawa.
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| The stage in Millennium Park |
Tonight we’re nipping round the corner to a club owned and
run by blues legend Buddy Guy. They say he often comes out and plays a few
numbers, depending upon how he’s feeling. Culture: it’s
such hard work.
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| On the waterfront |
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