06/30/2011

Chicago The rest of Tuesday Art & Architecture , Indian at Hema’s Kitchen, Beer at Lincoln Station

After eating a lush meal of my favorites the rest of the day was mine to seize and seize I did. It followed with a quick trip around the streets following my senses back to where I started and getting in a peek at Museum Contemporary Art Chicago , Right outside was a small fading farmers market but it made me smile to see that even in industry can we find awesome growers everywhere. Free on Tuesday which was a nice surprise, I walked through the exciting art and was reminded that I should be doing this all the time. Art museums are amongst the top 10 things I love to do when I’m out and about. There were really crazy things at the museum so here are some of my favorite ideas. Also on exhibit was a Los Angeles artist by the name of Mark Bradford he did some really amazing work with maps. I hope you enjoy

Mark Bradford

After that I walked along lake shore to see the waters of Lake Michigan and found myself at the tip of millennium park one of the biggest most awesome places for public havoc I’ve ever been. But it was amazing. I saw kids playing in these large pillars of water(Crown Fountain ), a spaceship looking concert hall (Jay Pritzker Pavilion) and the bean (Cloud Gate) as well as a shooting fountain (Wrigley Square and Millennium Monument). So much for a pair of eyes to see but it was so awesome to see such art and such community in one place.

I followed my feet to the Chicago Institute of Art where iI paid a 1/2 price admission because I was there about an hour 1/2 before they closed it was worth it to go in there. I would of loved to go back and pay more attention because they really had some amazing pieces of art, culture and heritage. But here are some of my favorite paintings I saw.

After that i found my way back to Lincoln park and down to Lincoln Station which is a little bar and grill place where I got a Matilda from Goose Island nice darker amber rich ale and a 2.50 great lakes which was more IPA and extremely drinkable. Michelle met me there and we had beers and hung out till a crazy thunder storm passed through and the whole block when pitch black. We were drinking by candle light paid out tab in cash and were off running through the storm.

It was about 10 by then and i wanted to eat something so we stopped for Indian at Hemas Kitchen on Clark street. The decor was of traditional Indian flare and the food was very good. Warm and hot and the way a rain soaked person prefers. We had vegetables curry and the flavor of the chicken masala was different not as sweet, the spices seemed bolder but still well rounded. Over all we liked it. The Garlic Nan was amazing.