I know its been awhile since I last posted and there's so much that's happened.
First: Thanksgiving in Chicago was fantastic!
The only bad thing was that the Thompsons had to sit in Chicago traffic for 3 hours! I've been in traffic before in this city but the day before Thanksgiving is just crazy!
We had Thanksgiving at Melissa's Dad's house complete with Russians! It was great to sit back and listen to the Russian and to realize that I really don't remember very much of my Russian.
No fear! Olya to the rescue! She is going to teach me some stuff!
On Friday we went to the Chicago Institute of Art. It was $18 to get in and almost worth it. I guess the pictures I took could make it worth it. The "passing gas" noises that the doors made were definitely worth it - at least according to Mikey and Jason (Mikey being the 12 year old half-brother of Melissa's).
Without further adieu...here are the pictures from that weekend! I have no idea what the real names of most of these paintings are so...I've made up my own. :)
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| Quintessential Hamlet moment |
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| Renoir - Lady in the Red Hat |
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| Too many freakin' dots!! |
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| Vampire Lady...seriously...tell me she doesn't look like one! |
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| Awesome dress...I wish I had that figure Lady. |
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| American Gothic (ok, so I know some of the real titles) |
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| Pay no attention to the red shoulder in the corner!! Looks like Norman Rockwell - isn't though |
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| Burnham and Root's famous building - interior design on 1st floor by Frank Lloyd Wright. If you know anything about Chicago history or architecture, you'll be giggling with excitement right now. Otherwise - sorry... Thanksgiving Pictures! |
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| Lovely lovely table setting...took 2 days to set-up. 20 mins to be destroyed! |
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| FANTASTIC Turkey. Especially made by someone who doesn't eat meat! |
Tootles!
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