More adventures and spring in my neighborhood

I don't know if the winter sky was greyer and I just didn't notice, but the sky seems so BLUE now!

Orton Park looks so green!

Cool flower sign in Chicago

Mark and I in the shiny bean

Grafitti

This weekend Mark and I went down to Chicago for the day, Saturday. One of the artists who works with Tandem had an art show there and I really wanted to see it. We drove down and had brunch in Wicker Park at the Bongo Room. Mmmmmmm. Then we walked around that area for a bit and went in one of my favorite stores Renegade Handmade. The bad thing about going in that store is that I want to buy everything (even though I could make most of it). However, I restrained myself. Then we went to see the Judy Pfaff show. Her work is really awesome. You should check it out here. One of the pieces in the show had a piece in it that I had painted with varnish so that was pretty cool. Then we walked around for a couple hours. We went to The American Girl Place (every little girls dream come true...or at least every little girl who has an American Girl doll). Then we walked to the shiny bean in Grant Park. I'm not sure what this is actually called, but it's super cool. We walked around the Loop just looking at the city and then headed back to the car. We had an extremely DELICIOUS dinner at Mana Food Bar in Wicker Park and then drove home.

Sunday was full of errands, and a short bike ride. We also went out to lunch with Mark's parents to celebrate Mother's Day. I was sad not to be in Florida with my mom though.

Spring is really here. The trees have leaves. The grass is green. Now if it would just stay warm for longer than a day.