Surprises in the Windy City
Wait a second...
Who's that in Chicago with Katie and Sarah (my suitemate)?
And what's with that bean thing?
It's Austin!
And Bean Security!
You guard that bean. You guard it good.
No, I don't have any better pictures. Yes, I suck.
Friday night Jamie Spiro called and told me Acceptance had a show in Chicago, so Austin would be in town. I didn't have money/energy for a show, so I didn't think I'd get to see him.
Last night my phone rang...I thought it was Ben, picked it up, looked, did a double take, and said "What the heck, it's Austin!" Turns out he had today off and was still gonna be in town, so he wanted to hang out, and I was definitely all for it.
This morning Sarah and I caught the 11:24 train and walked up Michigan Ave to find Austin in the lobby of a Holiday Inn (he wasn't actually staying there, but in an RV across the street, he just utilizes the HI lobby...ha).
We...
...got burgers and gyros at Navy Pier
...got caught in a torrential downpour and ended up soaked
...went to the huge mirrored bean
...mocked the 'bean security'
...headed to the fountain with the faces and got more soaked since it was already a hopeless cause
...mocked the 'fountain security'
...squelched our way through the Chicago Art Institute
Get this: They have a paperweight collection. And it was actually really freaking cool. We also spent alot of time in the photography and contemporary art sections. There were a couple contemporary pieces that were all sorts of weirdly symbolic and ask you to participate by taking a piece...so I got a piece of paper that's silver with a white stripe and a piece of candy...the candy represents the artist's partner who died of AIDS, and he said it was "finding something sweet in an unexpected place." I liked that quite a bit, I must say. I also loved the strange wire-protruding-from-frame THING that actually said in the description that it was meant to be 'awkward'. SO COOL.
After the museum closed we met Amedee (from my floor) and Christian (bro-floor) at Starbucks, headed back to Ogilvie station, said goodbye to Austin, handed off the damp 3x5 card with directions back to his RV, and got on the train. Ryan Trout and Daniel Creamer (bro-floor) were on it and we all sat around laughing at drunk sports fans and calling each other's cell phones...crazy fun day, awesome to see Austin and hear how he's doing.
Who's that in Chicago with Katie and Sarah (my suitemate)?
And what's with that bean thing?
It's Austin!
And Bean Security!
You guard that bean. You guard it good.
No, I don't have any better pictures. Yes, I suck.
Friday night Jamie Spiro called and told me Acceptance had a show in Chicago, so Austin would be in town. I didn't have money/energy for a show, so I didn't think I'd get to see him.
Last night my phone rang...I thought it was Ben, picked it up, looked, did a double take, and said "What the heck, it's Austin!" Turns out he had today off and was still gonna be in town, so he wanted to hang out, and I was definitely all for it.
This morning Sarah and I caught the 11:24 train and walked up Michigan Ave to find Austin in the lobby of a Holiday Inn (he wasn't actually staying there, but in an RV across the street, he just utilizes the HI lobby...ha).
We...
...got burgers and gyros at Navy Pier
...got caught in a torrential downpour and ended up soaked
...went to the huge mirrored bean
...mocked the 'bean security'
...headed to the fountain with the faces and got more soaked since it was already a hopeless cause
...mocked the 'fountain security'
...squelched our way through the Chicago Art Institute
Get this: They have a paperweight collection. And it was actually really freaking cool. We also spent alot of time in the photography and contemporary art sections. There were a couple contemporary pieces that were all sorts of weirdly symbolic and ask you to participate by taking a piece...so I got a piece of paper that's silver with a white stripe and a piece of candy...the candy represents the artist's partner who died of AIDS, and he said it was "finding something sweet in an unexpected place." I liked that quite a bit, I must say. I also loved the strange wire-protruding-from-frame THING that actually said in the description that it was meant to be 'awkward'. SO COOL.
After the museum closed we met Amedee (from my floor) and Christian (bro-floor) at Starbucks, headed back to Ogilvie station, said goodbye to Austin, handed off the damp 3x5 card with directions back to his RV, and got on the train. Ryan Trout and Daniel Creamer (bro-floor) were on it and we all sat around laughing at drunk sports fans and calling each other's cell phones...crazy fun day, awesome to see Austin and hear how he's doing.
posted by K Bayles @ 9:43 PM
2 Comments:
At 3:29 AM,
Spiro said…
sweeeeeet. glad to hear you guys hooked up.
At 6:44 PM,
Anonymous said…
How fun! I'm glad you guys got to play in the rain. I love you!! Laura
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