| | 11/18/04 Riding the train in Chicago. It's easy! | |
| | | Transferring at the Library stop. | |
| | | Shari enjoys our room at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza. | |
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| | 11/19 Inside a mixed use building near Harold Washington College. | |
| | | Stores on the bottom 2 floors and businesses above. | |
| | | Inside the Marshall Field's department store. | |
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| | | Petrillo Bandshell in Grant Park. | |
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| | The Field Museum is terrific! Great displays with fun explanations. | |
| | | Sue-- the largest, most complete and best preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex. | |
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| | Egyptian sarcophagus. All internal organs were removed except for the heart. | |
| | | They believed the heart to be the center of a person's being and intelligence. | |
| | | Weighing the soul. If you failed, it was snack time for the monster. | |
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| | The brains were extracted through the nose, in order to avoid cracking the skull | |
| | | Canopic jars! These contained treats such as... your liver! | |
| | | The human got your stomach. The falcon got your intestines. | |
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| | The baboon got your lungs and the dog got your stomach. | |
| | | Beautiful Egyptian statue. | |
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| | Walking downtown after Shari's interview. | |
| | | | Christmas tree near John Hancock Center. | |
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| | Christmas display inside the John Hancock building. | |
| | | We tried to visit the top of the John Hancock Center but visibility was zero. | |
| | | We were able to go up the next day. | |
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| | It's those darn misfit toys. | |
| | | Drumming group downtown. They were great! | |
| | | Foo dog in front of a downtown restaurant. Shari gives it "that look". | |
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| | | 11/20. Arms inside the Art Institute of Chicago. | |
| | | The Art Institute has an incredible collection of armor. | |
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| | I love the helmet on this one. | |
| | | | Dig the articulated shoulder pieces. | |
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| | Incredibly beautiful spurs. | |
| | | My favorite helmet. How can you even see?! | |
| | | My second favorite helmet. | |
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| | | | Check out the elaborate ear pieces. | |
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| | A sweet, majorly dorky helmet. | |
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