Grand Rapids....come for the churches, stay for the Nascar and Deer Hunting.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
MASSIVE CHANGE
After Thanksgiving I high-tailed it to Chicago to rub elbows with 80 million shoppers while getting away from it all. A few things that I brought back with me this time:
1. The Hotel Allegro is a fun, unique place and you can get it on priceline for cheap (by chciago standards anyway).
2. State St. is no Michigan Avenue but it's still really cool.
3. If you're watching them shoot fireworks off the city hall roof after the lighting of the big tree be sure to watch out for errant explosions from the fireworks that accidentally shoot down instead of up.
4. Massive Change is about the coolest exhibit I've ever seen at the contemporary museum of art.
Regarding #4: If you cannot see the exhibit which ends December 31, then go to the website instead and do a little reading. I am pretty sure we all do at least a little recycling, turn off lights when we leave a room and try not to dump our used motor oil in the local pond but this is oh-so-different than the YOU can make difference spiel. It's YOU and ME and WE, and it's ART and BUSINESS and HOME and AWAY. It's a global train and we better get on it before it's too late.
The site is interesting. Chicago is interesting. Last time we stayed there, we stayed at the "W" hotel and our room was dotted with all these funky little post-it notes asking who what where and why questions -- or maybe that was a dream?
WHO would name a hotel "W," by the way. Not me!
I will buy the book as soon as I'm done with the two Obama books, "It's the Crude, Dude," and the new Richard Powers novel.
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Hmmm. Sounds like a GREAT Secret Santa gift idea.
(Guess who's hosting this year.)
*Must get up to Chicago soon.