(The band shell on a cloudy, muggy morning)
We don't get downtown as often as we'd like to. Somehow, riding the El with a bunch of tourists doesn't appeal to me most days...and yet strangely, I miss it. I miss the sights, the sounds (they are filming the next Transformers movie right where I used to walk to work each morning!) I miss the architecture and the way the city is always changing.
(My bean reflected in The Bean)
So last week Ella and I hopped on the train and went downtown. My main purpose was to introduce miss Ella-Bean to Chicago's bean (otherwise known as Cloud Gate...but no one really calls it that). We listened to an orchestra practice in the band shell, we splashed under the face-fountains (they even change to "spit" water every 15 minutes or so!) We had a lovely time...
(can you spot us up there?!)
But I couldn't help but feel a little disconnected. Not in a sad way, but in an accepting way. I'm still a city girl, we could not imagine moving to the suburbs, but for now I'm enjoying the community-focus of my city neighborhood rather than the hustle and bustle (and fancy high heels) of down town...
2 comments:
Believe me you are not missing anything with the Transformer's filming :) Its been a headache trying to get around and the extra crowds are most annoying.
Love the Ella-bean in the Bean picture!
I've been loving just hanging out in the 'hood too. Sometimes I feel like my world is so very small, usually staying between Lawrence, Ashland, Irving and Rockwell. Other times, that's exactly the way I want it.
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