...is absolutely GORGEOUS. I love going by Millennium Park and seeing everyone skating outside and enjoying the lights and the holiday season. The city just looks amazing during the winter. Everything is all decorated all pretty. And then the snow (the fresh, white snow, at least) just makes everything stand out and pop. It amazes me every time I go downtown. I'm just hypnotized by the lights in the trees and the decorations along lightpoles and in store windows. It just warms my heart. Maybe because it reminds me of the movies like Miracle on 34th Street, but either way, it's still absolutely beautiful. (I've realized through writing these blogs that I love the word "absolutely.")
I've only gone ice skating downtown once--that I remember at least. It was for my friend's birthday two years ago. It was so much fun, I don't really know why I haven't gone back yet. But it was so much fun. Just being outside just a couple blocks from the lakefront in the heart of the city. I don't know, I guess you could say I felt actually a part of the city, you know?
But that's besides the point. What I had intended on getting at when I started this was the way the city can, as big as it is, make itself seem like a fun little town. The way it unifies itself during certain times makes it feel like that. Like, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, all of the buildings have pink lights glowing from their rooftops. Even Navy Pier has each building along the pier lit up in pink lights. And the diamond shaped building (I don't know the name it goes by. Whoops.) will usually have a message corresponding to the lights. Like, for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it says "Think Pink" I'm pretty sure. Last night, though, I noticed that it says "Pink + Blue." Now, I'm not too sure what that's for, but since I was driving down Lake Shore Drive, I was able to get a good look at all the buildings, I noticed that there was indeed a mixture of some pink lights and some blue lights. It just amazes me how a city so big can be so coordinated, you know? (So I guess Daley deserves some credit.)
But Christmas is still my favorite time to be in the city. I especially love going by the Marshall Field's building because they always have the best window displays. And actually going into the store and going up to the Walnut Lounge (you all know what I'm talking about, right?), well that big Christmas tree always gets me going. Its ornaments are ginormous and the train goes all the way around it. At least, that's how it was when I was there last--like 5 years ago. But still, that's the image I have in my head, so that's what I know. I'm just really looking forward to all the decorations for this year and I think I'm actually going to go out and soak as much of it up as I can. I have a long to-do list for this season.
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