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194/365:2, a photo by daisy plus three on Flickr.

art institute of chicago
modern wing
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John was off work today, so I suggested going to the Art Institute and visiting the modern wing, since we hadn't done that in a long time. So off we went with the kids. We spent a few hours at the museum, then headed over to Millennium Park where we visited Cloud Gate aka "The Bean". We had a light lunch at the Plaza at Park Grill, then headed north on Michigan Avenue toward Navy Pier. On our way toward the pier we saw the new Marilyn Monroe statue that was just unveiled today in front of the NBC towers. We went on the ferris wheel at Navy Pier (a first for the girls), walked around a bit, had some gelato and then hopped on a water taxi (also a first for the girls and for us too) that took us over to Sears Tower/Union Station. We walked home from there. It was a busy day, but a good day. We enjoyed lots of sunshine, exercise, and spending time doing lots of things that we don't do very often even though we live here.