The sights
So far I have been to the Lincoln Park Zoo, Smart Museum, the Museum of Science and Industry, seen a Nobel Peace Prize and eaten deep dish pizza.
Last weekend Maggie and I biked the 10 miles to the Lincoln Park Zoo, cause it's fo' free. We passed several beaches on the way and people were enjoying the sun and water. We passed a section downtown that had tons of people in their party boats playing music and woohoo-ing. We only had about an hour and a half 'til closing by the time we got to the zoo but we managed to see most of it. A very nice zoo with neat exhibits (see pictures below). It was neat to be surrounded by skyscrapers on three sides and have that as the backdrop to this animal habitat.
On the way back from the zoo we stopped at "the best pizza in Chicago" according to that google search: Lou Malnati's. It's a chain and they are very efficient. We were put on a waitlist but could put in our order while waiting. We got a pepperoni deep dish pizza and it was real good. Towards my last few bites the cheese had cooled so it was a bit chewy but, that's what I get for being a slow eater.
The Smart Museum is actually a museum on U Chicago campus. That's right, this university has a museum on campus. And it's not the only one so stay tuned on that. It's not a very large one but I didn't have too much time since I was in between a meeting and classes, so I'll have to go back to see one section I missed. What I did see was an exhibit on buildings and environments and an exhibit called "Welcome Blankets" which I wanted to participate in, probably still could, but we'll see about time. Information about the exhibits at the Smart Museum
The Museum of Science and Industry is in Hyde Park (my neighborhood) and right near campus. Today (9/22) I went there with a classmate, Clay, to check it out. It is HUGE and has so many exhibits and then additional movies or interactive exhibits on top of the general admission. Today happened to be a free day for residents (are sensing a theme here, I like all things free!) not including the extra add-on exhibits but there was plenty to see. We saw a German U-505 submarine, some NASA stuff, extreme weather simulations, chicks hatching, model train go through a mini Chicago, photography documenting receding glaciers, old timey bicycles and renderings of the human anatomy.
In the economics building on campus they have the Nobel Prizes of two U Chicago alumni.
Last weekend Maggie and I biked the 10 miles to the Lincoln Park Zoo, cause it's fo' free. We passed several beaches on the way and people were enjoying the sun and water. We passed a section downtown that had tons of people in their party boats playing music and woohoo-ing. We only had about an hour and a half 'til closing by the time we got to the zoo but we managed to see most of it. A very nice zoo with neat exhibits (see pictures below). It was neat to be surrounded by skyscrapers on three sides and have that as the backdrop to this animal habitat.
On the way back from the zoo we stopped at "the best pizza in Chicago" according to that google search: Lou Malnati's. It's a chain and they are very efficient. We were put on a waitlist but could put in our order while waiting. We got a pepperoni deep dish pizza and it was real good. Towards my last few bites the cheese had cooled so it was a bit chewy but, that's what I get for being a slow eater.
The Smart Museum is actually a museum on U Chicago campus. That's right, this university has a museum on campus. And it's not the only one so stay tuned on that. It's not a very large one but I didn't have too much time since I was in between a meeting and classes, so I'll have to go back to see one section I missed. What I did see was an exhibit on buildings and environments and an exhibit called "Welcome Blankets" which I wanted to participate in, probably still could, but we'll see about time. Information about the exhibits at the Smart Museum
The Museum of Science and Industry is in Hyde Park (my neighborhood) and right near campus. Today (9/22) I went there with a classmate, Clay, to check it out. It is HUGE and has so many exhibits and then additional movies or interactive exhibits on top of the general admission. Today happened to be a free day for residents (are sensing a theme here, I like all things free!) not including the extra add-on exhibits but there was plenty to see. We saw a German U-505 submarine, some NASA stuff, extreme weather simulations, chicks hatching, model train go through a mini Chicago, photography documenting receding glaciers, old timey bicycles and renderings of the human anatomy.
In the economics building on campus they have the Nobel Prizes of two U Chicago alumni.
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