A few weeks ago we all went to the Chicago area for a long weekend. Truthfully we never got into the Chicago city limits, but it was still a lovely trip.
My daughters spent one night at a concert for their favorite NBA Ambassador, which allowed Jesse and I to roll around the area chasing entertainment and food. We went to a movie (the D&D one – it was entertaining enough), got our first restaurant-made pierogis (way more oily than I imagined), found a weird brewery in an industrial park, and drove out of that brewery parking lot to a lovely restaurant/brewery area in Rosemont (I think).
Earlier that day we walked around Oak Park to look at the tens of Frank Lloyd Wright homes in the area. It was a cloudy day where the rain just kept holding off for the most part. We saw houses that were quite obviously from the Prairie School and houses that were from his "bootleg" years, more Victorian in style.
We were reminded that Wright was employed and fired by Louis Sullivan. Sullivan designed a bank in our little town. He is generally considered an inspiration to the Prairie School architects.
I highly recommend the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio tour. Learning about all of the details that went into building his home and workplace was quite interesting. The upstairs has an impressive, and unusual (RE: suspended piano) homeschool facility. The workspace for architects and artisans to concentrate and collaborate was well-intentioned. The care taken to not have the next fire destroy this burgeoning company's livelihood was well-considered. Wright's office itself was cleverly designed to stand taller than its physical space dictated. Truly impressive!
More from the Blog
This month I also wrote about some other things:
- Gratitude Day
- Sharing Things
- Where Have I Been? – a rundown of places visited
And at Good Enough:
Announcing
We have been heads down in the Cosmic Maelstrom this month at Good Enough. A few ideas are creeping up through the dirt and fertilizer, but nothing to share yet. Ponder has been released in beta for free (right now), so if you have any book clubs, friend groups, or any other small collection of people with whom you like to have conversations, give it a try. And let me know how it goes!
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