Chicago 2016 - Day Seven

I don't mind saying that today has been a significant day. Before I get to that though, there are a few things we haven't found in Chicago yet. Bookshops, music shops, florists, live music and post offices. Today we crossed two of these off our list. 

Anyway, today we visited a few places on our list. We wanted to visit House of Blues, but arrived far too early, so kept walking to the Whole Foods Market (our new favourite store) to get some food. Then visited a shop with goods from local artists. There are some clever people out there doing great things. 

Wandered down the street the other way to Chicago Architecture Foundation to book some tickets for a tour tomorrow. I wouldn't have thought an architecture tour could be exciting, but having walked around a few streets and seen so many fantastic buildings here that I am really looking forward to learning more about them. 

We went back to the Cultural Center for an afternoon concert with Harp and Flute. The players are the principal players in the Chicago Lyric Opera and the performance under the large dome in the centre was wonderful. It was great to hear some live music, but I had expected that we would have come across more live venues and live music than we have seen. 

That changed today. 

When we came out of the Cultural Centre we heard the delightful sounds of jazz busking, and on the next corner was a quartet of trumpet, sax, bass, and drum. They were FANTASTIC! We stood and watched them for a while, took some photos, then went to have lunch. After lunch we left to go to the House of Blues and these guys were still playing. Even better, they were playing Chameleon!! So we stood and listened again. This is what I expected to hear in Chicago. I was a very happy Chappy when I heard this. 

We visited House of Blues, which looks a very intriguing place. I don't know if we will get there to hear a show, but might be worth the effort. We do have some other music plans in place. I did get to have a photo taken with some inspirational characters, so it was certainly worth the effort. 

While looking for a post office we did stumble across a music shop, and the cd's seem much cheaper here than in Melbourne, albeit that they are second hand. Couldn't find anything I wanted and decided that bringing some LPs home is just a hassle. 

So, we found some live music and we found a record store. But a post office seems like a phantom. Maybe tomorrow we will be Abel to end those postcards at last.