Today we went to see the Roy Lichtenstein exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Lichtenstein is that painter who used colored dots to give his art a newpaper-y feel. That’s a gross simplification of course, but it’s how a lot of people know him. In fact, he went through several periods in his artistic life including the pop-art phase we all know but also a modern phase, a landscape phase and even some sculpture.

The Art Institute is HUGE. We spent a few hours there and hardly saw half of it.

For lunch we went to Rick Bayless’ Frontera Grill. We give it mixed reviews. The Mole Trio was great, the ceviche, while fine also, was very small. In the afternoon we played Words-with-Friends, read the newspaper and grabbed salads at Whole Foods to eat while we watched “The Five Year Engagement” in the hotel.

It was good to have a day off the road. We’ll have another tomorrow; probably hitting another museum, the planetarium or the aquarium in the morning and then hanging out in the afternoon.

Chicago has the most amazing architecture and public art. We’ll post a few photos on Smugmug.