A poorly stitched photo from out hotel room of Grant Park and Lake Michigan. (note: Lake Michigan doesn't really have a peak)

Snowing in Chicago

Jackie looking towards Millennium Park

The Aon Centre (center) accending into the low clouds. (14th tallest in the world)

Cloud Gate

otherwise known as "the Bean"

State of the art music pavilion

The Wrigley Building

Trump's new building on the river

It is next to Marina City (aka "those Corncob Buildings")

Also seen in that Allstate commercial and on that Wilco album

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Pumping Station

Chicago Water Tower (claimed to be the only surviving structure after the fire)

John Hancock Center (16th tallest building in the world)

Messing around at the...

House of Blues

"Effen" vodka

Hard Rock, Rock & Roll McDonalds

Harold Washington Library (Chicago Public Library)

When it opened in 1991 it was the largest municipal public library in the world.

The ornamentation is awesome.

Chicago Board of Trade

"Flamingo" Alexander Calder

Walking through Lincoln Park (north of downtown on the shore)

Chicago's zoo was apparently free and open year round.

(no flash)

"Old Town" neighborhood

Hancock Center

Tribune Tower, on Michigan Ave (aka the Magnificent Mile)

NBC Tower

Howl at the Moon. Some of the bars are open until 4 am including this popular dueling pianos bar.

I thought this ad was cool. (payattention.org)

These guys were geniuses. You submit you request with a tip (at least $20) and they line up on the bar. He had a bidding war between bunch of Big10 alumni (UW, ILL, UM, PUR, NW), probably made at least $300 in 15 minutes.

"Bears" in lights.

Just before kickoff versus the Seahawks

Crazy bike guy heading to the stadium.

Fighter jet flyby