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Chicago – Part 3

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We ate at a lot of great restaurants in Chicago! At one called Cupitol they had a bulletin board with photos of people’s pups that came with them to the restaurant! I am a Tiger I was not eligible for a photo here, drat. They should have another bulletin board for TIGERS!
One day we went to a beach! This is the Ohio Street Beach and it is right downtown. Mom and Auntie Darcy wanted to go swimming but did not have swimsuits with them so they went swimming in their underwear!!! Ha ha ha that was so funny! They decided that undies were not much different than bikinis and there were not many people at the beach anyway. There were only about 10,000 people who could see them from the office buildings and condos that surround the beach! Here is a picture of me at the beach. They did not want a picture posted of them in their undies!
I wanted to tell you more about The Bean! One day when we were visiting mom looked around at the people from all over the world who came to see this great sculpture and said that it would be fun if we could get everyone to hold hands and make a big circle around The Bean. It would mean that people would have to be willing to hold hands with strangers, and to understand the goal just by looking. A few days later we tried it!
It was so awesome! Auntie Darcy recruited a few people to get it started, and then people understood almost immediately what was happening and joined in! It only took a couple of minutes and we had a complete ring! What was extra special is that there were some men there making a video and they got it on film! Here is the link to the video! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pSxG-P8EGZw
A little later on Auntie Darcy was talking to a security guard who mentioned that over their security radios they had heard about a gathering, then a disturbance at The Bean! Ha ha ha that was us making a disturbance by holding hands! Between swimming in underwear and holding hands with strangers it is lucky we did not get into any trouble with security while we visited Chicago!

Chicago! Part 2

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We went to the Art Institute of Chicago and it was fantastic!!!! Definitely one of the best art museums we have been to. Here I am outside with one of the Lions. Lions are okay but it would have been better if it was a TIGER. Tigers Rule!
We saw many famous paintings! This is the real deal!
It is good to look at art books or art online, but there is something special about seeing the real thing. You can see the paint texture and the colors in real life.
The Art Institute building is beautiful and amazing but also very confusing. Mom and Auntie Darcy spent a lot of time figuring out how to get around and even when they got directions it was like “walk through two galleries until you see such-and-such a painting, then go down the stairs and turn around and go under the stairs and there will be elevator on the right go down another floor and all the way to the other end of the building and take two flights of stairs back up and when you see the statue of such and such there is an entry just past that”. Here is a picture of a painting of Monet’s water lilies for serenity.
In case you could not tell this is a painting by Picasso.
When we finally left the museum there were some awesome drummers out on the sidewalk! After a long day looking at art it was perfect for getting re-energized!
On the way back to the hotel there were a bunch of professional photographers set up at an overpass and we found out it was because of the fall equinox. Twice a year on the equinox the sun passes right between the buildings on this major street and is super cool to see. You can search for it on the internet for good photos! We decided to stick around and wait for it!
Soon a good sized crowd had gathered and spilled into the street and was causing a headache for traffic! It was great fun! You can see where the sun will pass between the buildings, but about 5 minutes before the event a cloud covered the sun and no one got a good photo. Everyone will have to try again in 6 months.

San Franciso – Chinatown!

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Chinatown in San Franciso is the largest Chinatown outside Asia and is also the oldest Chinatown in North America! We had a blast visiting! There was so much to see!
This the the fortune cookie factory. We thought it would be an enormous factory but it is two ladies making cookies! They work so fast I could not bend the cookies fast enough with my paws.
Mom bought us a vegan Mooncake! I was not sure I would like it I wanted the pork one but mom was buying it mostly for herself (!) but it was delicious! Very interesing lotus flower flavor.
We also visited the Palace Hotel in downtown San Franciso. It is famous and many famous people have stayed here and the hotel has also been featured in movies. They let us in so we could walk around and even use the bathroom! It was a very nice bathroom.
Here is another picture of the Palace Hotel. It was beautiful and snazzy!!!

San Francisco Visit – OMG!!!!

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We went on a trip to San Francisco!!! And met Auntie Darcy there!!! OMG!!!
We rode the cable cars all the time it was so much fun!!! The place we stayed was near multiple cable car lines and it was so handy to get up and down the hills. I am a Tiger I do not mind running up and down hills but it made mom tired so we rode the cable cars a lot.
Here I am at the Cable Car Museum! Which is inside the PowerHouse for the cable cars and you can see the big motors and gearboxes and sheaves that move the cables. It is amazing and super interesting! If you visit San Francisco I highly recommend it!
Oh wow we went to see The Golden Gate Bridge!!! Here it is from a distance.
We walked on the bridge! It is noisy and not really much fun. Here is the bridge close up but it is kind of fuzzy.
Here the bridge is clearer but I am all fuzzy. Stay tuned for more posts about the trip!