OZ Park

There is a park in Chicago dedicated to the Wizard of Oz. Yellow bricks from park donors line the ground in front of statues of Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and the Lion. There is also a community garden called Emerald City Gardens. This is truly one of the cities gems...

Green City Market in Chicago

My daughter and I went to the Green City Farmer's Market in Lincoln Park during my visit. Snagged a lot of yummy greens and veggies for snacks and dinner. 

 Pea sprouts...

 Purple Baby Asparagus

 Baby Radishes

The mushroom tent was amazing. Bought a bag of "mushroom medley" to saute for dinner along with a jarred can of mushroom salad (contains mushrooms, bell peppers, onion, garlic, olive oil and white balsamic vinegar) to pour over pasta, or greens. 

Our purchases...fresh green onion, garlic, tai basil, pea sprouts, swiss chard, arugula, mushrooms, purple asparagus and radishes

 For dinner we sauteed onion, garlic, mushrooms, basil and swiss chard and topped it off with some goat cheese and fresh french bread from my daughter's landlord (he owns the French Pastry School of Chicago)

Yummy Healthy Dinner! 

Chicago Street Art

This is my daughter's favorite street artist, Shepard Fairey's work. He was recently in the city for Art Chicago and left his mark on the side of a building under the El train downtown. 

Chicago in Bloom!

I went to Chicago a few weeks ago and all the tulips and flowers were in full bloom. 

Lots of April showers bringing May flowers! 

Downtown Chicago 

Near the Lincoln Park Zoo Entrance

Beautiful window planters, full of hydrangeas in the Lincoln Park neighborhood