We cut out A LOT of photos from the original photo album for the Facebook edition, there were just so many! So in case you want to see the whole lot, here's a link to our online Dropbox picture gallery: Our Wedding Album (extended)
The photos there are high-quality, if you want to print any etc. The ones on Facebook are minimized, therefore will print more fuzzy...
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Taste of Chicago!
Grace and I went to the Taste of Chicago with friends from her cohort. It was Grace's first time in Grant Park so we had to check out Buckingham fountain. The Taste was great, so much delicious food, we recommend it!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Brewing
I'm surprised I've made it this long without making a post about beer. This is an American Wheat beer that I have sitting with cucumbers ,canteloupe and honey dew...we're planning on having some of this at the wedding along with a few other homebrews.
Saturday fun day
Just found a Blogger app for my phone so I'll try to keep this updated more often with tidbits from Grace and I.
Grace and I went to the 57th St Beach near the Museum of Science and Industry on Saturday. On our way back we walked through Jackson Park behind the museum to take a look at the Osaka Japanese gardens. We're glad we did because it was really cool.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Biking along lakeshore
One of the great things about our location is how close we are to the lakeshore (I might eat those words in a month or two). In addition to great sightseeing and swimming, it also has the only major bike trail in the actual city of Chicago. I've decided to take full advantage of this and try to get 1-2 bike rides in per week. I got up before sunrise for my inaugural ride, the views along the lake were breathtaking.
The trail ends about three miles south of where I enter, so I typically head north towards downtown. For my first ride I set a goal to make it to the Shedd Aquarium (~15 miles round trip).
I found an interesting application for my phone that uses the GPS to track my ride and tell me how fast I was going. I get a kick out of looking over the stats that it saves after my rides.
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| First arriving at the lake looking south, the sun was just beginning to peek over the horizon |
The trail ends about three miles south of where I enter, so I typically head north towards downtown. For my first ride I set a goal to make it to the Shedd Aquarium (~15 miles round trip).
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| Sunrise from the Shedd Aquarium |
I found an interesting application for my phone that uses the GPS to track my ride and tell me how fast I was going. I get a kick out of looking over the stats that it saves after my rides.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Out and About
It's been a while since the last post. I was waiting for Grace to make a post before I did more, but she's been too busy with school to find time (a good problem I guess) so for the time being I'll just assume the role of poster for us both.
We've had a few weekends with visitors which has given us an opportunity to do more exploring around Chicago. I'll try to recap some of the highlights of our excursions.
North side
While we love the Hyde Park area, we've come to realize that a lot of our friends and places we want to see are on the North side. A few weeks before classes started Grace found a bunch of great second-hand stores on the north side and did a little school clothes shopping. During this trip Grace and I met up with an old friend of mine who recently moved to Chicago, we ended up meeting at the Lincoln Park Zoo.
For being a free zoo (minus the parking, $$$) I was really impressed, we will definitely be back when the weather is warmer and more animals are out. You can see the rest of the pictures from the zoo here. We've found a lot of great places on the north side; some great beer bars and restaurants, a pet store that specializes in tiny dogs (this might be Grace's favorite), and a cool little three-story house turned coffee shop. We're excited to share some of these places with visitors.
Museum Passport
The greatest Chicago discovery we made so far was not actually a place, but a library program that Grace found out about through a co-worker. The program allows Chicago Public Library members to check out a "museum passport" that gets 2-4 people free or heavily discounted admission to all of the classic Chicago museums. We gave this a try a few weekends ago with some family in town and visited the Shedd Aquarium for half the ticket price! This was my first trip to the Shedd and I was blown away, I went crazy taking pictures and video.
We will be using these a lot with future visitors to see all of the great museums in Chicago!
We've had a few weekends with visitors which has given us an opportunity to do more exploring around Chicago. I'll try to recap some of the highlights of our excursions.
North side
While we love the Hyde Park area, we've come to realize that a lot of our friends and places we want to see are on the North side. A few weeks before classes started Grace found a bunch of great second-hand stores on the north side and did a little school clothes shopping. During this trip Grace and I met up with an old friend of mine who recently moved to Chicago, we ended up meeting at the Lincoln Park Zoo.
Museum Passport
The greatest Chicago discovery we made so far was not actually a place, but a library program that Grace found out about through a co-worker. The program allows Chicago Public Library members to check out a "museum passport" that gets 2-4 people free or heavily discounted admission to all of the classic Chicago museums. We gave this a try a few weekends ago with some family in town and visited the Shedd Aquarium for half the ticket price! This was my first trip to the Shedd and I was blown away, I went crazy taking pictures and video.
We will be using these a lot with future visitors to see all of the great museums in Chicago!
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