Month: July 2009

I stayed over the rest of the day after taking Lee Ann & Beth to the Airport to try and take some more shots around Chicago, but it just poured rain all day. But on my way to the zoo, I did meet a new friend, Shannon who I had lunch with and perused the neighborhood second-hand shop. On the way back to pick up my rig from the Airport, I was determined to get at least one shot before I left. So I skipped one train and captured this platform shot in the rain. Yeh-yeh, I guess I wimped out and stayed dry this time ;0

Kinda goes with the train tunnel I posted earlier…

And of course being an ‘Apprentice’ fan (at least early on), and rooting for Bill R. had to get a couple shots of Trump Tower 😉

Kept running out into the middle  of an intersection trying to get this without being run over while Lee Ann & Beth were in line for a Pizza down the street 🙂

I just loved the facade of this building – with the light and different colored windows & hiding behind the large trees 😀

here’s another from running around with Lee Ann & Beth. Looking up at the train station and down the street…

Part of Chicago Transit Authority’s ‘L’ system which we used to get around town.  

Ok, now that I’ve gotten out all my orders from the trip (except a couple waiting on stretcher bars to come in), I’m able to start working on new pieces. 😀

This may be the first to be completed – just started working on it a couple hours ago and looks good. Named ‘Chicago Time’ it’s a really special piece to me as it represents time spent with my sister Lee Ann & her partner Beth Akard. Beth actually pointed the clock out to me and I positioned myself to capture the sun in the haze behind the statue.
Welcome to my portfolio guys! 😉

I will always cherish the time spent that weekend with Lee Ann and Beth – especially getting to know Beth a bit. I hope this piece will remind me to take time and enjoy my time with friends & family even when the schedule is hectic. I was able to bring along to a show or visit with each of my family members on the 2 month long trip and that was very important to me 🙂

When we set out I told Lee Ann – “during the show (Wells Street Arts Festival), I’m in charge – outside of that you set the schedule and can be the Entertainment Director etc. I will just ‘be there, immersed’ not needing to ‘seek out’ anything”. Seems to work 😉 ….

‘Chicago Time’ – even though many of us select ‘Chicago Time’ as our time zone (CST), ‘Chicago’ time does seem a little different – as should all our time :)…