(Hopefully Mike will get the RENT reference there! :) ) I called Mike to wake him up at what at the time really seemed to be an ungodly time! Usually I'm up that early...this day I was groggy.But I really needed to unwind. And we wanted to pay our respects to our Chicago institution which will soon be taken over by a company orginating in the "first" city. Marshall Field's has been purchased by Macy's. This is a big deal here in Chicago! "They can take away my Walnut Room but they can't make me shop at Macy's!" Don't get me wrong. I like the Thanksgiving Day parade; long tradition there, I get it. When I went to Macy's in NY, I was very underwhelmed. I really think Field's does it better. But that isn't the point.
The point is this store has a long history here in Chicago. My dad and my aunt both worked for Fields when they were young. People have been going to the State Street store all their lives. Why can't the Macy's people run it as Field's?
Anyway....here are pictures from our big adventure.
I think we got there about 7:45 a.m. and had an hour wait before we were at the front of the line and got this view:
This is just about thirty seconds before you hit the front of the line and hostess hurries you through.
We finally were seated and decided to act like tourists and take pictures. Oooooo....pretty tree.
What was this lady thinking...walking through my photo. No doubt I was complaining about the people in the background because Mike is laughing at me!
Here we are looking old and married....as we were joking around that we were. We may be the earlier and are not the later. (Before you ask...we're just friends.)
Here is the official Chicago Christmas tree in Daley Plaza. It's actually a lot cooler looking at night in the dark.
Next we headed to Millenium Park to Skate, Play and Eat. Really we just wanted to watch the skaters. And since the weather was beautiful...40 degrees, we didn't mind the walk.
Next we headed to the Bean
aka the Cloud Gate. To see the full perspective of what it is, go to the link. This photo is of me, on the left, with the long coat, standing in front of it and taking a photo of the skyline. You can see Mike walking by behind me.
Here we are taking pictures of the bean close up.
That about does it for our grand last adventure to the Walnut Room for Christmas. Here's hoping Macy's doesn't screw it up too much!
