My parents flew into town yesterday morning and we had a full day of activities.
11am: Calumet Fisheries. We chatted with Carlos, the manager, and he gave us a salmon head to snack on. He showed us the smokehouse and told us about how he'd like to live in a quiet place on the countryside. The smoked salmon, smoked shrimp and fried shrimp were, as usual, out-of-control good.
12:30pm: Checked my parents into Hotel Allegro, part of the Klimpton properties. Their lobby looks like a circus. We play with a Chow Chow.
I didn't have her oral consent to take this photo so I'm taking care to hide her identity. |
2:15pm: Walked around Andersonville.
Things I found out about Andersonville on the internet:
- After the fire, you couldn't build wooden houses in Chicago and Swedish immigrants couldn't yet afford brick or stone so they settled in the city's northern limits.
- In 1910, Chicago had the second largest Swedish population in the world after Stockholm, Sweden.
The highlight of the day for me was two sets of lamps I saw in Scout. A designer makes them from salvaged materials.
The bases are parts from oxygen tanks. |
I didn't ask what the bases of these were -- bedposts? |
Places I grabbed business cards:
- Scout
- Brimfield. I purchased three glass bowls here for $2 each (sale price) and a pair of tiny, vintage Schlitz salt and pepper shakers in the shape of beer bottles at $22. I commented on how expensive the latter was, hoping to open up a haggling conversation and got rebuffed pretty quickly. I like their stuff, but I'm not sure they'll be willing to negotiate on prices in the future. Bummer, since that's part of the fun in antiquing.
- Room Service. There were some pieces in here made by Urban Remains, a one-man company located in Milwaukee who creates furniture with an industrial/urban aesthetic from ... urban remains. Do not confuse this with Urban Remains Chicago. His stuff was nice, but an end table would set you back $495.
- Brownstone Antiques. This place was a mess and there's a lot of stuff in there that I don't want. But, it's priced low and if you have the energy to search, I'm confident you'd find some real gems.
#3 |
8:30pm: Met up with my sister and her husband at the Hotel Allegro and had drinks with them and her friend, Jenny at the Atwood Cafe. If I play my cards right, I might be able to dog-sit for Jenny's dog, Puffy, in September.
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