The next day I met up with my sister Jaclyn for brunch. She had chosen Orange, the home of the Frushi, and she had to order it just to try it.
Coconut rice and fruit. Okay but pretty ridiculous.
Jaclyn was worried about my weight. I looked a little skinnier to her, so she made sure I got enough to eat. She even took me out to eat for dinner at Publican, a local food restaurant specializing in pork. Delicious!
I went to the Art Institute, where I ran into Heather Self and got an update about some people back in Virginia. It was pretty crazy running into someone I knew. It made my hazy day seem even more surrealistic.
Of course, we walked around a bit of Millenium Park. I had a lesson about taking a picture without having the camera in the picture.
Can you spot us? In the bean, not at the Bollywood-style music video shooting down by the riverfront.
In general, Chicago was about wandering, but not too far because the city is just so sprawling.
I went to the midweek Green City Market in Lincoln Park, where it rained and some vendors didn't show, but I got to see a cooking demonstration by Rick Bayless.
I ended up volunteering at City Farm, an urban farm that sells to restaurants, local residents and at a farmers market. They had insane germination in the beet beds, so we took some time to thin it out.
The last evening I was there a storm rolled through. I ended up being drenched by it. A textured yellow sky with purple and green streaks. It was amazing to see. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures, but maybe I'll get one from James to put up. Plus I need a photo of James and Caitlin because I'm a bad blogger and didn't take one.
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