1. Alena's morning ritual... cozy up with her Nesting Pillow and read the book her daddy wrote for her, Alena's Favorite Thing (love that book, too)2. The beautiful flowers everywhere... wow
3. Stacy's big performance (even though nobody seems to have shown up)
4. Pirates
5. the outdoor amphitheater... wow
6.this strange blobby thing (sure the artist would hate that description)
7.The room at the AIC that Heather's husband proposed to her in
8.this amazing neighborhood in the burbs; most of the houses were designed by Frank Loyd Wright
9.the crazy Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier
10."sea" gulls on lake Michigan
11.this strange spitting fountain that seems to be alive!!!
12. The
Art Institute of Chicago
13.families, which are pretty much the same everywhere
