{"id":5,"date":"2019-09-12T23:12:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T23:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/?p=5"},"modified":"2020-04-23T17:50:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T17:50:31","slug":"a-day-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/a-day-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"A day in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below is a one-day <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/trip\/5d7ae13717975a7c86e3e72d\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago itinerary<\/a> brought to you by&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DetourOn<\/a>. You obviously do not have to follow it exactly, but think of it as a rough outline. Log into the <a href=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/planning\/\">DetourOn Planner<\/a> to make your own itinerary. There you&#8217;ll find many more things to do in Chicago in a day. Quick word of caution: This is one person\u2019s account of spending one quick day in Chicago on a budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday in November. That\u2019s the day I visited Chicago. Temperatures were above freezing with moderate wind chill. They say those are good conditions visit the Windy City. I don&#8217;t know who &#8220;they&#8221; are, but I&#8217;m fairly sure conditions could be better. I only had one day to visit Chicago and it just so happened to be in November. The following is my account of things to do in Chicago in one day (check out the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/trip\/5d7ae13717975a7c86e3e72d\" target=\"_blank\">itinerary<\/a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DetourOn<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My day started at 10am underneath an elevated platform of steel rails. This was the &#8220;L&#8221;, it quickly dawned on me, the city\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitchicago.com\/howto\/riding-the-train\/\" target=\"_blank\">equivalent of the metro<\/a>. Fun fact: Unlike a subway, the L is mostly \u201cel\u201devated. My trusty city guide was a local friend I met in the western United States a few years back. She would show me the most important things to see in Chicago in one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20131108_143955-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"32\" class=\"wp-image-32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20131108_143955-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20131108_143955-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20131108_143955.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Yup, Chi-town<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_9452-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"36\" data-link=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=36\" class=\"wp-image-36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_9452-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_9452-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_9452-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Chicago, still in foliage in November!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking for Route 66<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I hadn\u2019t researched anything about Chicago. The only thing I knew I wanted to visit was the beginning of the Route 66. After all, as the great <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Chuck Berry (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chuckberry.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Berry<\/a> taught us, it &#8220;winds more than 2000 miles from Chicago to LA&#8221;. I also wanted to eat a deep-dish pizza and a hot dog, but we&#8217;ll get to that later. As it turns out, nobody really knows where Route 66 officially starts. We downloaded this <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"trail map (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drivingroute66.com\/route-66-maps\/\" target=\"_blank\">trail map<\/a> of the supposed route, then followed it word for word like a scavenger hunt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, we arrived at the corner of Jackson and Michigan and saw a sign reading \u201cEND of Route 66\u201d. Needless to say, I was infuriated! The song clearly states that the route winds from Chicago to LA. So clearly it begins in Chicago and ends in LA. There is no going back, so how could there be an END sign? I continued making a fuss over this subject to my friend throughout the entire day. I just could not get over my disdain to the END sign. I\u2019m not sure how she managed to stick with me throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lake Michigan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To get my mind off the END, my guide suggested going to see the Lake and the city parks nearby. Of course I heartily accepted. After all, I am in Chicago for only one day. I came to see the entire city, not just a little sign. So off to the Lake we went. It seemed more like the Ocean to me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My friend pointed to a tiny island way in the distance with a needle sticking out of it. That&#8217;s the famous <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/chicago-water-cribs\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Water Crib<\/a>, the location from which the city pumps its drinking water. I was taken aback. Suddenly I realized that I was looking at a huge lake, not the ocean. A fresh-water lake! I suppose it took a while for the light bulb to go off. I had to keep reminding myself all day that I was drinking lake water. Chicago is a city in the middle of the United States, not sitting on any salt water shore.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chicago parks and fountains<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From the Lake we turned back toward the city and passed the impressive <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Buckingham Fountain (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagoparkdistrict.com\/parks-facilities\/clarence-f-buckingham-memorial-fountain\" target=\"_blank\">Buckingham Fountain<\/a>. It was dry due to it being the winter. We continued through <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Grant Park (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagoparkdistrict.com\/parks-facilities\/grant-ulysses-park\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Park<\/a>, known for Lollapalooza, to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Millennium Park (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/dca\/supp_info\/millennium_park.html\" target=\"_blank\">Millennium Park<\/a>. This is the location of the famous Chicago bean, also known as <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Cloudgate  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/dca\/supp_info\/chicago_s_publicartcloudgateinmillenniumpark.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cloud Gate<\/a>. This smooth metal structure in the shape of a kidney bean is as big as a two-story house. The most interesting part about it is the reflection of <mark>the sky, the skyscrapers, the ground, and the people taking pictures of it from all directions.<\/mark> Hours could be spent taking crazy pictures of and from this structure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>100 photographs later, after the initial shock and excitement over the Chicago bean, we continued moving toward a Face Fountain in the southwest corner of the park. This was also dry due to the winter season, but the face showed on it nevertheless. Officially known as <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Crown Fountain (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/dca\/supp_info\/chicago_s_publicartcrownfountaininmillenniumpark.html\" target=\"_blank\">Crown Fountain<\/a>, this is a blown-up composite video of a face the size of a building. The picture changes every few minutes and spits out water from the face\u2019s mouth. I presume it is really cool to see when water is actually flowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Back to Route 66<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving on back toward downtown, my friend had the bright idea of telling me that we\u2019re going to look for the beginning of Route 66 again. I had completely forgotten about it, what with the lake and the bean and the spitting fountain. Now my mind was about that dreaded road again! I managed to keep my composure and suggested we get a hot dog afterwards. Then I proceeded to explain that the Route 66 had always been driven from Chicago to LA. All documents about the road always explain it in the westward direction. See <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"this great map series (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0983935904\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0983935904&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=detouron-20&amp;linkId=0707ff958930f612e46da14de16d94fb\" target=\"_blank\">this great Route 66 map series<\/a> collectibles item. It is never documented eastward, and therefore it is impossible to have an END sign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beginning of Route 66<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon we arrived at the intersection of Adams and Michigan and lo and behold there it is, the BEGIN sign! I shut up and took some pictures and we walked in silence to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kim and Carlo's (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kimandcarloshotdogs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kim and Carlo&#8217;s<\/a> stand. They have THE BEST Chicago-style hot dogs! We continued our city walking tour downtown past big buildings. Only from time to time did I raise my voice to say something about the END sign. My friend silently put up with it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FYI: It turns out that there are a few &#8220;Begin Historic Route 66&#8221; signs on the corner of Adams and Michigan. Disgracefully, no one seemed to pay much attention to them the day we were there. For more info on the entire Route 66, check out <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Road Trip USA (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roadtripusa.com\/route-66\/\" target=\"_blank\">Road Trip USA<\/a> and their great <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Route 66 guide book (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1640490272\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=detouron-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1640490272&amp;linkId=86ae268fcb4eb8f9aec62ddf5ef8bc98\" target=\"_blank\">Route 66 guide book<\/a>, updated in June 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"815\" src=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20131108_121902-2-1024x815.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65\" class=\"wp-image-65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20131108_121902-2-1024x815.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20131108_121902-2-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20131108_121902-2-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20131108_121902-2.jpg 1786w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Beginning of the Historic Route 66 &#8211; corner of Adams and Michigan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_9478-2-1-727x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"67\" data-link=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=67\" class=\"wp-image-67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_9478-2-1-727x1024.jpg 727w, https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_9478-2-1-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_9478-2-1-768x1082.jpg 768w, https:\/\/detouron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_9478-2-1.jpg 1821w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Cloud Gate aka the Bean<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Buildings of Downtown Chicago<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Other sites we saw along the way in Chicago were the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Chagall Mosaic (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/dca\/supp_info\/chicago_s_publicartchagallsfourseasons.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chagall Mosaic<\/a> by the Chase Building. Lean back against the building and look up. You&#8217;ll have the impression that it&#8217;s going to fall on you. For your information, this is the building where <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Wait Wait Don\u2019t Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/programs\/wait-wait-dont-tell-me\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wait Wait Don\u2019t Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz<\/a> is recorded each Thursday. Unfortunately, I arrived too late Thursday night and missed the recording. Instead, I had THE BEST deep dish stuffed Chicago-style pizza at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Giordano\u2019s (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/giordanos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Giordano\u2019s<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the Chase Building, we walked to see other buildings nearby with cool architecture. Some were designed or renovated by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Frank Lloyd Wright (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/franklloydwright.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Lloyd Wright<\/a>, such as the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Rookery Building (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.therookerybuilding.com\/the-attic-loft\" target=\"_blank\">Rookery Building<\/a>. We walked by the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sears (or Willis) Tower (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.willistower.com\/history-and-facts\" target=\"_blank\">Sears (or Willis) Tower<\/a>, then bought a cupcake from the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"A Sweets Girl (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asweetsgirl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Sweets Girl<\/a> truck. It just happened to be downtown that day. We ate the cupcake at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Union Station (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagounionstation.com\/about\/past\" target=\"_blank\">Union Station<\/a> while looking for coffee from a non-franchised company. Failing to find that, we followed the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Chicago Riverwalk (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagoriverwalk.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Riverwalk<\/a> toward <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Hancock Center (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/360chicago.com\/our-story\/\" target=\"_blank\">360 Chicago<\/a>, formerly the John Hancock Center. Of course, we made a small detour through more buildings downtown until we finally fell upon the magnificent <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/freehandhotels.com\/chicago\/cafe-integral\/\" target=\"_blank\">Caf\u00e9 Integral<\/a>, located in the hotel Freehand Chicago, for a much-needed non-chain coffee break.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a renewed boost of energy, we made the final stretch through the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Magnificent Mile (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themagnificentmile.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Magnificent Mile<\/a> to arrive at our final stop, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bar 94 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/360chicago.com\/bar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bar 94<\/a> at 360 Chicago. We took the elevators to the bar on the 94th floor and enjoyed the view from the top. For some unknown reason, we descended before being served any drinks even though we were both completely dehydrated at this point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As we waited for the \u201cL\u201d to take us back to our starting point, I asked, \u201cWhich lake did we visit this morning?\u201d I would like to thank her for putting up with me for the duration of my short stay in Chicago. It must have seemed like a really long time for her. And I&#8217;d also like to thank her for not laughing too hard when she answered that we visited the shore of  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/water\/supp_info\/education\/water_treatment.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lake Michigan<\/a>, the second biggest by volume of the Great Lakes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With so many things to do in Chicago and so little time, how do you choose which places to visit? 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