With Marc by the Charles Buckingham fountain in Grant Park

Me in front of the Charles Buckingham fountain in Grant Park

In front of the impressive Art Institute of Chicago

Standing on the Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Bridge by State Street in downtown Chicago

A view of the Water Tower on Michigan Avenue also called the Magnificent Mile.

The façade of the historic Water Tower along Michigan Avenue

On Michigan Avenue with a view of the downtown Chicago skyline

A view of Marina City in Downtown Chicago

The façade of the Chicago Board of Trade on LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago

In front of the Chicago Board of Trade

In front of the historic Chicago Theater on State Street in the financial district

At an L Station in downtown Chicago

Inside the Sears Tower Building with Marc during our second day in the city

The Navy Pier, Chicago's version of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf

At Chicago's Children's Museum at the Navy Pier

A small light house off the Navy Pier

By the Odyssey II Ferry Boat docked at the Navy Pier

The John G. Shedd Aquarium on a foggy and cold spring day

The Field Museum

Inside the lobby of the Field Museum

The façade of the Wrigley Building

An imposing Chicago skyscraper near Old Michigan Avenue

The Berghoff Restaurant, one of Chicago's famous restaurants and historic landmarks

The Flamingo, A. Calder's sculpture in downtown Chicago

Picasso's sculpture-Untitled in Downtown Chicago

One of the city's oldest buildings, the Monadnock

The Rookery on LaSalle St is the other building considered a must see by the Chicago Architecture Foundation

Another detail on the roof corner of the Chicago Public Library on State Street. This library is also called the Harold Washington Library Center.

At Chicago's O'Hare International Airport shortly before my flight back to San Francisco

My second visit to Chicago. This was actually taken in the winter following my spring vacation to the city a year earlier. This was taken on January 15, 2001 to be exact. Here I was in front of Northwestern University in Chicago's Gold Coast.