• A new experience for us was exploring the north end of the Magnificent Mile from our base at the historic Drake Hotel overlooking Oak Street Beach on the shore of Lake Michigan.

• The Drake Hotel, Marshall and Fox, Architects - 1919

• At the entrance to The Drake on E Walton Street

• A Chicago room with a view

• The Queen, advertising high-tea and cocktails in the hotel lounge.

• We enjoyed watching the changing weather over Lake Michigan from our room

• The bike path and beach north of our hotel

• Oak Street Beach, just north of our hotel

• On a walk in the Gold Coast neighborhood near The Drake Hotel

• The Gold Coast neighborhood near the Drake Hotel

• The Gold Coast neighborhood near the Drake Hotel

• The Gold Coast neighborhood near the Drake Hotel

• The Gold Coast neighborhood near the Drake Hotel

• The city skyline from North Pond in Lincoln Park. The black tower with the twin antennas on the left is the John Hancock Building. It is about two blocks south of the Drake Hotel.

• The Drake Hotel near the lakefront with the John Hancock Building towering behind it.

• Chicago on the Rocks. A view from the bar on the top floor of the John Hancock Building.

• A view from the bar on the top floor of the John Hancock Building

• A view from the bar on the top floor of the John Hancock Building

• A view from the bar on the top floor of the John Hancock Building

• A view from the bar on the top floor of the John Hancock Building

• A view from the bar on the top floor of the John Hancock Building

• A view from the bar on the top floor of the John Hancock Building

• A view from the bar on the top floor of the John Hancock Building

• A view of the Navy Pier amusement park from the bar on the top floor of the John Hancock Building

• The Water Tower, Chicago, Illinois, W. W. Boyington, Architect - 1867-9

• Water Tower detail

• Our requisite trip to Wrigley Field. Unfortunately, the Cubs lost to the Pirates.

• Wrigley Field

• Wrigley Field

• Wrigley Field

• 'Take me out to the ball game' - Former Cubs player Ron Santos was the honored guest.

• Wrigley Field

• The Museum of Contemporary Art, Josef Paul Kleihues, Architect - 1996

• The staircase at the Museum of Contemporary Art

• The staircase at the Museum of Contemporary Art

• The staircase with koi pond at the Museum of Contemporary Art

• Kay Rosen, Yours/Ours - 2010

• Kay Rosen, Yours/Ours - 2010

• Kay Rosen, Yours/Ours - 2010

• The Pritzker Pavilion, Frank Gehry, Architect - 1999-2004

• Aqua, the center building, commonly refered to as 'The Wave', was designed by architects Jeanne Gang and Jim Loewenberg. It is one of the newest buildings in Chicago.

• Doug photographing 'Cloud Gate', commonly refered to as 'The Bean'

• Anish Kapoor, 'Cloud Gate' - 2004-6

• Jaume Plensa, 'The Crown Fountain' - 2004

• A view from the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago

• Henry Moore, Large Interior Form - 1982 in the sculpture garden, Art Institute of Chicago

• Henry Moore, Large Exterior Form in Large Interior Form - 1982

• The view from our lunch table at Fulton's on the River

• The Carbide and Carbon Building -1929 (gold top) designed by Daniel and Hubert Burnham, sons of renowned Chicago architect Daniel Burnham

• Good beer and ...

• ... good food at Fulton's on the River

• Chicagoland sunset