World tour of Chicago
Sep. 7th, 2012 04:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaStarted off in the Washington Library. This made the bibliophile in me drool. Nine stories of library space! Okay - not all of it is books, but still, nice to see such a large library. Also a display on the top floor about prejudice and being actively involved.
Had a friend offer to show me around but she was a bit tied up so I went to Chinatown on my own. I like Chinatowns. Bought myself some sweets at a sweetshop. Looked around. My Guide showed up later and took me to a very nice park on the edge of Chinatown. The Ping Tom memorial park. Has a Chinese pavilion in the centre, and a very asian feel about it. Acquired a smoothie that really was a bit too wierd for me. Giant pieces of fruit made it hard to drink.
Then went to the quirky neighbourhood. I found a very good microbrewery. My guide suggested we go to Goose Island. Went to Greektown to eat first though. Grilled octopus! Yum! And I got a free cake because it was my birthday a few days ago.
So, the Goose Island bar was pretty good. They did a nice English Ale and served it in English pints. Cider was rather too dry for my taste. German style beer was nice. Something about American beers though. There's this bitterness about them.
Had a friend offer to show me around but she was a bit tied up so I went to Chinatown on my own. I like Chinatowns. Bought myself some sweets at a sweetshop. Looked around. My Guide showed up later and took me to a very nice park on the edge of Chinatown. The Ping Tom memorial park. Has a Chinese pavilion in the centre, and a very asian feel about it. Acquired a smoothie that really was a bit too wierd for me. Giant pieces of fruit made it hard to drink.
Then went to the quirky neighbourhood. I found a very good microbrewery. My guide suggested we go to Goose Island. Went to Greektown to eat first though. Grilled octopus! Yum! And I got a free cake because it was my birthday a few days ago.
So, the Goose Island bar was pretty good. They did a nice English Ale and served it in English pints. Cider was rather too dry for my taste. German style beer was nice. Something about American beers though. There's this bitterness about them.
