Category: Around Town

dawn

…and a beautiful one it was…

that crazy pavilion

I haven’t quite decided if I appreciate the Jay Pritzker Pavillion. The modern, asymmetrical, what-am-i-looking-at? design is, for me, as fascinating as it is frustrating. Yeah.. I tend to be one of those symmetry people. For more check out this link: https://www.archdaily.com/892320/the-jay-pritzker-pavilion-gehry-partners

it’s all about the bean

It’s not as though the impossibly shiny, seamless stainless steel reflections of The Bean are flattering! But you can’t help be fascinated by them, and you can’t stop marveling at the crazy distortions of Chicago, and all the visitors drawn by the visual magnetism that is The Bean.

about faces

Here’s an idea… stick with me… let’s design and build, not one, but two giant LED glass block towers, and have them face each other. Then, let’s have water cascade down from the top of these towers. Then, let’s project a video of a giant face on the giant glass block towers. Then, let’s video the face changing, as if to expel water from it’s mouth, and at just the precise moment, we actually shoot a stream of water from the mouth of the giant LED face. Cool? Right? Thank you Jaume Plensa.

scenes from a park

2019 has been a wonderful year, and a busy year. Our family is growing and lots of activity and change (the good kind) professionally, so, I am not able to get out and shoot as much. Here are a few moments from a park with two of my grandchildren.

moments in marseilles

Oil change, check! New (loud) pipes, check! Beautiful day, check! Riding? Absolooooooooootleeee! Headed to Marseilles, IL. This is the Illinois River and the Marseilles Lock and Dam.

the beginning and end

Began the day in Baraboo, Wisconsin taking a cold morning hike along Devil’s Lake. Ended the day back home. It was a good day.

logan square sightings

Three of our four children live in the city of Chicago, so, we are often in this beautiful city. Just a few shots from the Logan Square neighborhood while visiting my oldest son and his family.

end of saturday

Well, 2019 is as busy as ever. Trying to get back into the WordPress groove. This is how last Saturday made her bow. Well played, Saturday… well played.

It was a good morning… a good morning to take in the beauty… to be grateful for a new day… to be grateful for another opportunity to be the change that I want to see in the world…