The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

Painting progress, Chicago, books, seeing Ghostbusters in the theatre, and Halloween.

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I worked on the left arm today and I don’t like it as much as the right arm but it’s okay. The glove still bugs me a bit but I need to let it go and move on. I’ve been working over the same areas for days. Tomorrow I am going to tackle the torso.

I had a good time in Chicago (see the pictures below). We left early Friday morning and arrived at the hotel at about 4pm. There was enough time to take a walk around and snap a few photos of the city and then we just ordered dinner from the hotel bar and rested in the room for the rest of the night.

Saturday we went to the Art Institute of Chicago and it was amazing. I saw some really great artwork there. Before we went, we got lunch at Mr. Beef which is the restaurant that inspired The Bear. It was phenomenal. I got a combination beef and sausage sandwich with sweet peppers. For dinner we went to a Mexican place and I got fish tacos which were pretty good.

Sunday we visited The Field Museum and saw a bunch of dinosaur skeletons. They had a full T-Rex named Sue that was really neat. Afterwards we went to lunch and had Chicago style hot dogs. For dinner we went to a deep dish pizza restaurant.

Monday we headed back after having brunch at a little diner and while I was on the plane I finished The Land of Lost Things. Definitely not as good as The Book of Lost Things, but not a bad read. I had a bit of trouble getting into it and finishing it because I wasn’t liking it as much as its predecessor. Today I picked up a Roald Dahl short story collection and I’m taking it to the beach with me tomorrow.

Last night I saw Ghostbusters in the theatre. I went with a friend who had invited a bunch of other people I didn’t know. It wasn’t too stressful because you don’t have to talk during a movie so my social anxiety was okay. I just munched on popcorn and focussed on the screen.

Halloween is today. I am wearing my faire dress and am going to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters. We are getting takeaways and watching a scary movie. Michael has work tomorrow though so we won’t stay up too late.

Outside our hotel.
Walking along the waterfront.
The Bean!
Us reflected in the bean.
Italian beef sandwiches from the place that inspired The Bear.
Outside the Art Institue
A Roman mosaic.
A Greek soldier.
Roman arm bracelets.
El Greco
El Greco.
El Greco.
A drawing I really liked.
I loved this painting.
Eating out after the Art Institute.
Michael got chips and guacamole.
Sunday at the Field Museum
Totem poles.
Michael pointing out his national bird.
A stegosaurus.
Sue the T-Rex’s skull.
Sue’s full skeleton.
A triceratops.
A triceratops and us.
A Neanderthal.
A mammoth.
Posing outside the Sue exhibit.
The view from our hotel room.
My Halloween costume.

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