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Not a great picture, but we’re here. We checked in to the Tremont Hotel downtown, dropped off out stuff, and walked down N. Michigan to Millennium Park and back.

The Arch is enormous. I never really understood the scale of the thing until I got there. And then you ride up to the top in a tiny capsule, sitting way closer to strangers than you ever normally get, but … Continue reading →

Crystal Bridges was so impressive that after the first 15 minutes I forgot who built it.

These hotel room views in Arkansas are not very impressive. Got in last night at 8:00, checked in to the Aloft Bentonville, had dinner and several stouts at the Mellow Mushroom across the street and went right to bed. Slept … Continue reading →

This is in North Little Rock, and will be of interest to almost no one but me. It’s a park, around a lake, and I played here as a child.

After a few hours in Hot Springs we drove to the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. It’s an impressive building. There are paths throughout the well manicured grounds, and a pedestrian bridge. View from the library of the river. … Continue reading →

After a night in Malvern, we were glad to get to Hot Springs. Sweat boxes, ice boxes, electrotherapy, enemas and needle showers. Elaine disapproved of this statue in the Men’s lounge. I can’t imagine why. Fancy stained glass. Above the … Continue reading →

Spent the night in Malvern, AR, just short of Hot Springs. Turns out if you want a reservation in a resort-ish town on a Saturday night you need to make them more than 3 hours ahead of time. Malvern was … Continue reading →