Sons of Fly: Sightseeing in Chicago

We are all loving Chicago so much that we decided to stay an extra day yesterday. We went to an REI store to stock up on camping supplies, swung by Wrigley Field, visited the Art Institute, Millennium Park, the Art of Pizza (where Sam and Erin waited a full hour for a stuffed veggie pie- it was delicious, though) and finished off the night at Redmonds for drinks and trivia. Thanks so much to Joe for showing us around the other day, and Paul (Joe's awesome room mate) for taking us out last night. It was an awesome time.
The one thing that has made this city so great is that the people are so friendly. Erin and I walked around this morning in search of soy sauce and green onions for the congi (rice porridge) I made, and the locals greeted us with 'good morning' as we passed. It was so nice! Yesterday on the way to the camping supply store, we were stopped at a light with windows down and playing some music. The man in the car next to us rolled down his window and asked us what we were listening to. He said it was an interesting sound. Max (riding passenger side) told him it was the Grateful Dead, and that the CD was a best-of mix. Then Max handed him another Dead CD that we had on hand and told him to keep it. The guy thanked us and asked us where we were from. He was surprised when we told him New York because we were so nice. We told him that New Yorkers are good people! He then handed us a mixed tape of his own- an REM mix- before the lights changed and we drove off with a wave. That would never have happened in NYC!