What a day.\u00c2\u00a0 We headed down to Navy Pier this morning to take Ava to the Chicago Children’s Museum.\u00c2\u00a0 What a zoo.\u00c2\u00a0 Congestion aside, it’s a nice museum.\u00c2\u00a0 The mark of excellence for these kinds of places is the quality of the arts stuff they have on site, and this one had really nice arts stuff.<\/p>\n
After that, Leah and Ava rode the most expensive carousel in the world.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t even think Ava had that much fun.\u00c2\u00a0 She was getting zombie tired by the end of it, and we came back to get Ava down for a nap while I did my afternoon sessions.\u00c2\u00a0 Turns out Ava never napped, which made dinner a real gamble.\u00c2\u00a0 She did all right, amazingly, and now we’re back at the room getting ready to hit the hay.<\/p>\n
I have to say, big cities are OK, but they’re…bereft, somehow.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe it’s just modern big cities; I’m sure Rome is different.\u00c2\u00a0 But I’m ready to head home.\u00c2\u00a0 Ten days in the middle of nowhere on Lake Superior is sure going to be a change from walking 10 blocks over nothing but concrete to get to a mediocre meal.\u00c2\u00a0 Kids and haute cuisine don’t mix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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