Monday, July 11, 2011

Around Chicago July 2011

 

Hotfoot! While it has been hot recently it also was cold earlier in the month and we turned on the (gas) fire pit at a friend's condominium.

 

Don't know quite what this is but I think it is art of some sort.

 

I liked the view of these condos with the balconies near Erie Park.

 

Food trucks are the rage! You can follow them via twitter or check the schedule here to see where the "Haute Sausage" truck will be next.

 

The food trucks were out for "Movies in the Park" where they show free movies in the summertime. They showed "The Social Network" at Erie Park recently where there was a decent crowd (it was a nice night).

 

I am always amazed at how the spiders get up on the highest decks. This "sky spider" is up on the 42nd floor. You can see big green ones off the sky deck at the highest skyscrapers. Here is a "Straight Dope" column on how those spiders get way up there.

 

Here is a great shot of the lake near where the spider was blowing in the wind...

Cross posted at Chicago Boyz

3 comments:

Terry from Crown Point said...

Nothing like an outdoor fire, gas or wood!

Gerry from Valpo said...

As I understand those spiders feed off insects that hatch out in the lake and blow inshore. I have seen tons of insects hatch out on the lake five to ten miles out and sometimes they will cover the boat and bug the shit out of anyone on board.

That blue topped structure in the last photo was built as a zepplin loading and unloading port/dock. I think the address is 666 LSD.

Jonathan said...

Yeah, 666. I once visited some people who lived there. It's a nice building. I didn't know about the Zeppelin dock.