August 15, 2007

  • snapshots from chicago.

    folks in my world have been commenting recently on how interesting it is that i've been wanting to get in touch with my "korean" side of late. i dunno what it's about. but while in chicago, there happened to be a korean festival going on. as to be expected, the festival took place in koreatown, which meant there were shops with interesting signage a.k.a. fob-speak. the festival, and then check out the signage on that shop in k-town:

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    our hotel was situated right by the chicago river, which is in the background:

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    while in the city, we found all sorts of great public spaces... this was taken from a little park we found. the bridges across the river all had interesting aesthetics. check out the color and shape:

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    the sears tower was a must see - i didn't realize how big it is! it is the tallest building not only in the US, but the western hemisphere.

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    from the observation deck on the sears tower:

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    millenium park was probably my favorite chicago spot. the face below is of a chicagoan, and it is projected onto a large public water fountain/fixture:

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    there were all sorts of kids cooling off in the park:

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    and also in the park is cloud gate - so freaking cool! it is a 110-ton sculputre that measures 33 feat high, 66 feet wide.

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    the reflections of the city on the sculpture were amazing:

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    we became a little obsessed with taking pictures of the giant orb - of ourselves, of it...

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    and then here we are before we left the city, with the wrigley building pictured behind us. the city had a great, great skyline.

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    that's all i have for now. more later.