Welcome to My World

I thought it might be fun to give you all a picture tour of my lunch break the other day; kind of show you around my world for a little.

This here, was my office a few months ago. I have since cleaned it. The papers have since repopulated across my desk until late this week, when I issued an organization order and the papers retreated into neat stacks and tidy piles while the no-longer-necessary papers were promptly dealt with. Many of the boxes in the back are now back in deep storage.

Every now and then, I need to get up, walk around, get the blood flowing, and breathe some fresh air. Welcome to my lunch break.

A view of my building, Two Prudential Plaza, from Stetson Ave. We're somewhere up there.

When it's not snowing, raining, or a bazillion degrees, I like to eat here, in the Pritzker Pavilion while listening to random bands or orchestra practice:

Or here, watching tourists and school kids play around the giant, silver bean:

 

Or here, in the Laurie Gardens, where it's a little bit quieter and a bit more, well, garden-y:

And if sitting doesn't fit your fancy (or your fanny), and it doesn't mine, you can take a walk with me to see some cool stuff around the park.

Like Grant Park and the Buckingham Fountain in the distance:

 

Or the Cancer Survivors Garden in Grant Park:

Or maybe you're like me and you like to watch the boats:

Or maybe you're not like me and you like modern art . . . wierdo:

Or maybe you just like the non-stop hustle of the city (I prefer the quieter boat scene myself):

Anyways, hope you enjoyed a little tour around the place. If you want to come visit us, let me know. We like visitors (although, honestly, we'll have a little more free time once I finish my CPA exams and Ashley finishes her internship . . .).

(This last picture is actually six separate pictures stitched together with a cool, free Microsoft program. Not too shabby, except that I didn't shoot at all the right heights, hence the black issues at the top. Still, pretty cool stuff.)