My stay in Chicago has unexpectedly been prolonged, thanks to intense rain that led my 10:15 p.m southwest flight home from midway to be delayed two hours. At which point I was able to reschedule my flight at no cost to tomorrow at noon. Thank you Southwest. (Apparently this is possible after your flight is delayed more than an hour.)
Meanwhile, we had a good day in Chicago yesterday starting with a great performance by Hubbard street dance at the Harris Theatre. After the matinee, my sister and I walked around the new parts of Millenium Park/grant Park including
At Maggie Daley park
the lovely prairie gardens of Lurie Park and the cool kids playgrounds and snaking ice rink at Maggie Daley park, although I gather locals were not pleased that old live trees were cut down to make way for the playgrounds, which oddly feature bizarre dead trees. We had an excellent dinner outside overlooking Michigan avenue at Acanto, a new restaurant owned by the same person in charge of The Gage, next door, (try the chicken piccata and the Bellini desert- a scoop of peach sorbet in a pool of prosecco.)
Today I went with my sister–in -law, a designer, to NeoCon, the enormous commercial interior design show at the Merchandise Mart; then I walked along the new Riverwalk east to Michigan avenue. Chicago, looking good. Now if only it would stop raining.
TakeBetsywithyou 