Taste of Chicago

Every year before the 4th of July the Taste of Chicago, the largest food festival in the world, is held in Grant Park. The best and most popular Chicago restaurants offer a great variety of all kinds of meat and drink.
As further highlights, fireworks are held at both Independence Eve and Independence Day.

Chicago Blues Festival

Blues for free in Grant Park!!!
The annual Chicago Blues Festival offers a weekend of blues by various musicans all over the awesome area of Grant Park. With over 90 performances it is the largest free blues festival worldwide.

At the Beach

Finally, temperatures are rising in Chicagoland. Hopefully this will be the start of summer...
It's time for the beach!!!

Hello, I'm a Mac.... And I'm a PC

Baseball @Wrigley Field

Baseball is one of the most popular sports in America. On sunny days in the summer, the countless fields around the country are always crowed with kids trying to imitate their idols from the Major League Baseball.
Wrigley Field is the home ball park of the Chicago Cubs, one of the MLB teams located in Windy City. Since it is located in the residential neighborhood of Lakeview, some residents make some extra money and offer additional seating on their rooftops:
But after watching a whole Cubs game at wrigley Field, I have to admit that I did not get the real baseball feeling. Nothing really happened and two of the very rare hits I missed by not paying attention. Maybe I just don't understand the game? ;-)
At least the real Cubs fans were pretty excited:

Niagara Falls

The Niagra Falls are a spectacular natural phenomenon on the international border between Canada and the USA. Connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, Niagara River drops about 50 meter and up to 5.7 million liters of water per second can traverse the falls during peak flow season. This awesome waterfalls are divided into the impressive Horseshoe Falls on the canadian side and the smaller American Falls. You can walk behind Horseshoe Falls and looking out on the back of the falls give a great impression of the power of this natural landmark.

guestbook and comments

By popular request, I installed a guestbook and linked it in the sidebar on the left. (edited: sidebar is actually on the right... ;-) )
Comments on postings are now also enabled.


Feel free to leave a message! ;-)

John Hancock Center

With 344 m in heigth, John Hancock Center is the fourth-tallest skyscraper in Chicago. Its 94th floor observation deck offers a beautiful view over both Lake Michigan and the skyline of Chicago.
From here, you have a good look on all three higher skyscrapers of Chicago, Aon Center, Trump Tower, and Sears Tower (from left to right).

Grant Park in Spring

Times Square in New York City