Although the arrival of Spring is not a big deal to people living below the thirtieth parallel – Houstonians might even ask ‘You mean before you get to Conroe?’ – it is a big deal here.
Finally the leaves start to show again. Cyclists take off their bar mitts, and the down jackets are moved to the back of the closet.
And people casually appear in the park
And the lakefront loses its stark, barren look
Taking advantage of the agreeable weather Saturday, we went shopping at Marshall Field’s (Macy’s) downtown. Macy’s has done their best to keep up the place in this twilight era of department stores and the store is still nicely appointed. But I don’t know how they afford to keep the doors open.
We engaged in the traditional Chicago tradition of lunch at the Walnut Room.
Today it was such a beautiful day that we went to go see the new baby rhinoceros at the zoo. It was super cute; unfortunately, I did not realize that my camera phone was set on ‘wide aperture emulation’ (or whatever they call it) and so I only have a very fuzzy photo of the cute little critter and its mom.
Here’s an official picture from the zoo
