All my Bags are Packed...

I am about to embark on a road trip up north to visit the great city of Chicago for the first time in my life! i am beyond excited and equipped with the itinerary from the departments case study trip.  I regret to inform you and myself that I will only be able to make it to a fraction of the locations recommended, but I will be sure to see the places I have read about and want to discover.

the first on my list is Jackson Park, I read Devil in the White City Twice and would love to see the place that inspired such a large and costly undertaking and how it looks today (I hear nothing like it did).

And right near where i am staying is a newer park, Mary Bartelme Park, which I have heard is a must.  I look forward to seeing the prairie within the city and will be posting my pictures upon my return with my opinions of the areas I was able to visit.

I will also be going to West Lafayette Indiana which is honestly a place I have had the luck of getting to visit 4 times now.  It is a beautiful campus at Purdue and I got to tour a Frank Lloyd Write house that is still owned and occupied by the man who commissioned it to be built.  I hope to explore something new this trip, but have done zero research as of now as to what that should be, so stay tuned!

here is a link to this great pictorial tour of the grand canal of the World Colombian Exposition.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklyn_museum/sets/72157606873382962/