The Cloud Gate

Last Saturday we went to downtown Chicago to check out Millennium Park to see what everyone calls "The Bean" which is actually called The Cloud Gate. The Cloud Gate is a 110-ton elliptical sculpture made out of stainless steal which reflects the Chicago skyline. Many people call it "The Bean" because it's shaped like a kidney bean. I heard it took countless hours to seamlessly weld the sculpture together so it would have a smooth stainless look. This will soon be Chicago's Spoon & Cherry as we have in Minneapolis. I took a few pictures of the Cloud Gate and posted below this post.

We also decided to check out the shopping situation on Chicago's Magnificent Mile. This stretch of downtown Chicago is filled with shopping centers, acclaimed designers boutiques and dining. The one draw back was it's the Saturday after Thanksgiving so there were thousands of people downtown shopping. You just wanted to start pushing people into traffic. They had all of the trees lit up for the holiday season. We went on a horse carriage ride around downtown since the weather was a beautiful 60 degrees even at 7pm at night. Afterwards we wanted to get some dinner but every place we wanted to eat at was a 2 hour wait, so we decided to wait until we got home and order some Chicago style stuffed pizza from Mimmo's. You know you have yourself a great Chicago style pizza when you start choking on the cheese. Defiantly one of the best pizzas I have ever tasted.

-MikeyB