365: Draw Some

My sisters and I started playing a few different app-based games a while back. I've added a few other friends here and there but it's really fun to play with them because we have the same context for jokes and family inside info. I may not be Van Gogh, but I can draw some pretty funny things! This picture was modeled after my brother-in-law. I cracked myself all the hell up over it. Fun way to spend some alternative quality time with my sisters (and others!) each day.

365: Doodles

I don't think I've ever seen more desk doodles than I do at Chico State. Almost every single classroom I've been in on campus has more than one desk with varying levels of doodles on them. Here was an interesting one I saw today. Alien invasion? Weird.

365: I'm like Magellan

I'm pounding the pavement like WHOA to drum up more students for my Africa trip. Today I had to seek out a new building I've never been in before for a quickie presentation. As I was leaving I realized I was in the building that housed the fine arts (the class I spoke to was not an art class so I didn't realize it in my rush to find the room). There was a lovely exhibit/show (mom-help me out, what's the right word? I'm tired and can't think!) that I blew right by on my way in. I peeked in for a minute and snapped this picture. Amazing what you can find when you step out of your zone for a minute or two!

365: Insane Pointillism Car

I stopped by the grocery store on the way home this evening and couldn't help but capture the insane car parked in front on me. I'm all about outrageous and borderline tacky, but even I have my limits. And not only is this insane but who has the time to create such a detailed pointillism design on a beat-up old truck? So weird.

365: FroYo

My BFF Heather introduced Ange and I to a "make your own frozen yogurt creation" place in Indiana right before we left. I was happy to see a plethora of "FroYo" places in Chico. Unfortunately none of them so far has measured up to the one that Heather introduced us to. However, there is one little shop near campus that offers $1 creations on Tuesdays. That is a Super Steal people. They usually charge by the ounce and it isn't cheap. Now granted they make you use a small cup for that $1 but even still it is a substantial savings. Plus it forces me to not be a complete FroYo pig so double win. It may not be as good, but for a buck I can hardly complain! (Bonus: check out the cool mosaic bench I found to sit on while I ate my $1 FroYo and waited for Ange to be done with her haircut!)

Hop-On Hop-Off Tour: Random Shots from the Trolley

Like I mentioned, there are 13 stops you can get on or off on the tour. We only ended up visiting 3 of the spots but we did drive by almost all of them so we got to at least see everything on the tour and hear about them via the tour guides. We also got some nice pictures.

The first stop of the tour at the point that we got on the bus was actually the Art Institute. I've been here a million and one times so we didn't really do anything with it other than take a picture.

Um, just more love. And I like this picture. Sun can do that to you. And a really strong and loving relationship.


Foots! Actually it was legs. But we love to say foots (inside joke on that one). The art piece is actually a really cool sculpture exhibit by Magdalena Abakanowicz called Agora. It's 106 iron leg sculptures in Grant Park.


The Chicago River is a focal point of the city. The tour goes over and around it about a million times. We were lucky to pass right by the Centennial Fountain. It sprays for 10 minutes at the top of every hour. It was lovely.

We drove by the Field Museum (Natural History) which was pretty cool. They had a special exhibit on pirates...to which I can only say ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

We also drove by Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium. They sit right on the water. Wish we would have had time to explore them. Guess we'll just have to visit again real soon!

Lots of lovely outdoor places in Chicago. This is Buckingham Fountain which is in the park where Obama gave his victory speech on Election Day!

At one point they made us switch from the lovely trolley we were riding on to this hot musty double decker bus. Sadly the top was full so we had to sit in the yucky downstairs. Luckily we were getting off at the next stop so we didn't have to stay too long. And luckily one of the most fantastically awful mullets in the world was sitting in front of us. And luckily my girlfriend is super sneaky with the camera and took a picture of it!


Next stop was the Wrigley Building and Chicago Tribune. There is a giant American Gothic sculpture in the plaza where the stop was. It was even creepier than the actual paining. I felt like old lady was about to come alive and grab the pitchfork and stab me. Thankfully it was a short-ish stop.

There are lots of bridges in Chicago, so several times during the tour our tour guide would say "Stay sitting or you might lose your head!" or something crafty. It was pretty close but we left with all the body parts we left with!