Michigan Avenue Chicago

This morning I was at camp. Mom and Andre took a trip downtown to have some Mom and son time together. They went shopping on Michigan Avenue and visiting Water Tower, Water Tower Place, and had some tea at Argo Tea. Andre seemed to enjoy walking around and watching all of the tourists and looking at all of the beautiful store fronts. Mom and Andre …

Day 1 March 21st

En daar zat madame, twee truien over elkaar heen, een panty onder haar spijkerbroek met gaten en een gigantische backpack naast haar stoel. Yaay Ellen op bezoek! Deze dag bestond vooral uit de campus showen, en London downtown met Victoria park (en de vele squirrels) als highlight. Natuuurlijk kon poutine niet ontbreken …

... BIGGER On a lighter note. . .how quickly we've adjusted to the low rise, narrow streets of Amsterdam! Everytime we go back, Michigan Avenue looks bigger -- wider and taller! Of course it isn't, but it sure feels that way! It's a nice change from the ...

... skip. Again, everything was familiar and therefore just easier. However, I had forgotten just HOW crowded Michigan Avenue can be on a weekend afternoon. When living in Chicago we had always avoided it on the weekends, and now I remember why! SO MANY ...

... the door leading to our room was actually in the stairwell. Still we had a nice view of the Sears Tower. We walked up Michigan Avenue and took in the architectural wonders of the Windy City. For lunch we stopped at the home of Chicago's Deep Dish ...

... in case you didn't get enough of them on The Strip?! Anyway, we landed at Midway and got a shuttle to our hotel in South Michigan Avenue, just across from the park where we had a corner room with two windows - one side where you can catch a glimpse of ...

... City. After seeing the Chicago from up high I went and looked at the city on the ground starting with Michigan Avenue which is the main Street in Chicago. After walking into Nike-town I visited a few other Chicago shops and then visited Michael Jordan's ...

... along the Magnificent Mile and saw many more sights. We saw heaps of well known American shops, the Water Tower, the Michigan Avenue bridge, the Crown Fountain and heaps more. My highlight was seeing the John Hancock building where Steadman ...

... south and closer to home we walked past the expensive ‘Trump Tower’ to ‘Michigan Avenue Bridge’ with the overlooking ‘Chicago Tribune’ building, ‘Wrigley Tower,’ and ‘Marilyn Monroe’ sculpture. ...

... we thought we could probably endure that, so we wandered around admirinng the buildings and shops on Michigan Avenue. Returning expectently with starving children in tow, we encountered the first truly obnoxious maitre de ...

... päivää varten. Perjantai aamuna ajoissa ylös, ja taas jalkaa toisen eteen. "Magnificent Mile" lisänimen omaavaa Michigan Avenue'ta pitkin käveltiin satoja kauppoja ohittaen. Harmi vaan että kyseessä oli useimmiten designer vaateliikkeitä, ...

... I went for a stroll along the riverside area where the War memorials are situated then went up the "Magnificent Mile" - part of Michigan Avenue where all of the major retailers have stores, although I did manage to refrain from buying anything to add to ...