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I finally made it to Millenium Park. It was a long time coming.<\/p>\n

In early February of this year, I saw Cloud Gate (aka “The Bean”) for the first time, during the few extremely cold minutes before I caught a Metra train down to the University of Chicago.<\/p>\n

Last month the whole Splotchy family traveled to the park, but we didn’t see any of it because we were down there to watch a cousin of MizSplotchy compete in a pro bicycling event.<\/p>\n

So, it was yesterday when we finally devoted time to see some of the park.<\/p>\n

We first headed over to the Jay Pritzker Pavilion<\/a>. I had seen the top of it when occasionally walking around in the Loop, and I really didn’t like the look of the thing from the side.<\/p>\n

After getting a closer look at the thing, I am still going to say that from the side it’s not that aesthetically pleasing, but I really did like it head-on:<\/p>\n

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I think a concert would be nice here, as I am guessing the place has a great sound system, having speakers strategically placed throughout the space. I found the intersecting lines above the field to be somehow kind of comforting.
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There was a puppet show going on when we arrived, so we sat down and watched for a bit.<\/p>\n

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Oh shit, I’ve been spotted<\/span>
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The kids were getting a little restless, so we left the puppet show before it finished, and checked out Cloud Gate<\/a>, aka The Bean. It was very impressive.<\/p>\n

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Under the bean was quite delightful, too.<\/p>\n

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After having a relatively inexpensive lunch (I had a “Maxwell Street” burger), we headed over to the Crown Fountain<\/a> to frolic.<\/p>\n

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By this time the kids were getting kind of tired, so we wrapped it up and headed home. I know there is more to see at the park, but this was what we did that day, and I’m glad we were finally able to visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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