The Windy, Snowy City

Written by Crystal
City: Chicago
Weather: COLD, -2C (wind chill factor: -8C), sunny with a little bit of snow

We had a great day today, so great that we've decided to stay an extra night here in the windy city (oh yes, it's WINDY).

Tourists are easy to spot by their excitement over snow–
everyone else has seen enough of it :)

Looking back down Michigan St towards our hotel

Art is everywhere in Chicago–
this angel sculpture was on the median strip of an intersection

This cool sculpture was outside the post office,
see Craig waving from the right side of the photo

Chigaco is a beautiful, arty city, and there's a lot to see (we also found FANTASTIC coffee at Intelligentsia, thanks for the tip, Dennis!!!).



Today we took it easy and had a walk through the city and visited Sears Tower, which up until 1996 was the tallest building in the world.

The Sears Tower people seem a bit sore that their building is no longer the tallest, and take every opportunity to remind people that the building still sports the world's tallest roof antennas (nearly 300 feet).

View of the city from Sears Tower

Of course, good old Mayor Dick Daley was on hand to welcome us at the top of Sears Tower :
We also found today's junk food item, although we didn't eat it:
Mo's Bacon Bar... it's chocolate with real bacon bits. Scary.