Just logging the trip … We went to Chicago for a long weekend (four nights), nominally to see the Yoko Ono exhibit at the MCA but then also to do a dozen other things. Our friends Scott and Meredith went up too 🙂
Thursday November 6th
hotel: Hilton Chicago on South Michigan Avenue, right at the park / lakefront
dinner at Avec (West Loop)
tried to get into CloudBar at top of Hancock Tower, couldn’t for Reasons
Friday November 7th
met with old Atlanta friend Joey Orr who is now a lead curator at MCA
Yoko Ono retrospective at Museum of Contemporary Art
lunch at Portillo’s (Chicago dog + Italian beef)
genuflected at Steve Albini Way / Electrical Audio studio
dinner at bougie pizza place
went to Constellation to see M. Sage and Patrick Shiroishi
Saturday November 8th
met up with our friends S+M for breakfast
Intuit Art Museum: Darger exhibit and other outsider art
Corbett Vs Dempsey art gallery, including short movie with Marshall Allen
Berghoff restaurant (authentic German)
went to Empty Bottle (finally!) and saw Skip Church open for Vivian Girls
Sunday November 9th
brunch at The Loyalist (fantastic!)
short stop at Museum of Broadcast Communications
Lincoln Park Conservatory (botanical garden) for sonic installation in fern garden
Meadowlark for drinks — surprise, solar system themed!
dinner at Lula Cafe, another great meal
(regrets: ESG at Empty Bottle sold out long ago)
Monday November 10th
government shutdown delayed our flight home, so we lounged around the hotel …