Knitting by "The Bean"

So J and I went to Chicago last weekend for a "grown-ups" only getaway- fun! We flew in on Saturday morning and stayed until Monday evening. We did a ton of walking, ate great food (deep dish pizza at Exchequer and more high-end fare at fabulous MK in the River North area), had a drink at the top of the John Hancock Building at night, went to the Art Institute, the Field Museum, and did one of the Chicago Architecture Foundation's architectural boat tours- highly recommended! Our hotel was in a great location, just a block off of Michigan Avenue directly West of Millenium Park. We got some great photos in front of Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate (aka "The Bean") sculpture. Check out this one with a girl in a very fancy Quiñceanera dress swirling behind me.

For a "trip" project I started a sweet little lace scarf. This is going to be a raffle prize for our Community Fund Drive at work. It's very basic, a feather and fan pattern done up in sock yarn- in this case Cherry Tree Hill Supersock in "Spring Frost."