Spring is Officially Here

Stonington, CT

We visited Stonington again today and visited Skipper's Dock, as we have several times previously.  This is a shot of the dock behind the restaurant today,

and this is how it looked the last time we were there,  June 2012.

And here are a couple more current Stonington images.

Palm Sunday at Trinity

We're Back

This is Mr.Toad after driving through light lake effect snow from mid-Illinois to western New York.  He was a lot more dirty one stop before this, but it was too cold, windy, and snowy to take the time to get a picture.

We drove straight through from Chicago to Springfield (920 miles) in 14 hours (65.7 mph).

Dinner at Ceres' Table

CL, Jo, and I went out to dinner (CL's birthday dinner) at Ceres' Table tonight.  Not cheap, but delicious.

Hanger Steak

Osso Buco

Chocolate Souffle Cake

Tiramisu

Piece Brewery and Pizzeria

We had lunch with Jo at Piece Pizza today.  They claim to sell New Haven style pizza.  Who knew?  New Haven has style!

They brew their own beer, too.  Dysfunctionale ("American-style Pale Ale") on left and Golden Arm ("German-style Kolsch Bier") on right.

Three individual pizzas; clockwise from front left:  red pizza with sausage and peppers, white pizza with sausage and spinach, and red pizza with mushrooms and spinach.

A couple buildings near Piece.

Another Beautiful Day in Chicago

 31 degrees and a mix of rain, sleet, and snow.

Hot Doug's

Hot Doug's is near Jo's apartment, so we dropped by for lunch today.

We had an Elvis (Polish sausage) with sauerkraut, a Chicago Dog with everything (caramelized onions, mustard, tomatoes, relish, pickle), and duck fat french fries.

Cloud Gate and the Art Institute of Chicago

We got on the EL today and went down to the Loop.  

First stop was Cloud Gate, this 33 foot high stainless steel sculpture.

 This is the view underneath it; CL and I are there (at least twice).

And this is just a simple, single reflection.

This sculpture is illuminated internally; the pictures change.

The current special exhibit at the Art Institute is Picasso & Chicago.

We also checked out the Impressionists

and a bit of other stuff.

Field Museum

We visited the Field Museum today, a cold, foggy day.

Sue, the largest intact T-Rex skeleton in existence.

Soldier Field is next to the Field Museum.