Thursday
May202010
Anniversary at the Trump Tower
Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 04:24PM Lindsay and I just celebrated our 22nd Wedding Anniversary. Feeling that we wanted to get away for at least a little while, we took a mini-vacation in downtown Chicago. We checked into the Trump Tower, which has to be the most luxurious hotel in the city. We’d reserved a Spa room at the top of the tower, but Mr. Trump upgraded us to a full suite.
It was an amazing experience. I’d heard that Donald Trump had a strong commitment to quality in all of his buildings, and it’s true. Everything in the suite had been carefully thought out to the smallest details (for example, a leather cover for the TV controller).
Dinner at the Sixteen, the signature restaurant in the Trump Tower was very fine, influenced by the latest in molecular cuisine. Chef Frank Brunacci is a man who is obviously in love with his Immersion Circulator, and the food he produced from it was spectacular.
Our Anniversary itself featured a long walk through Millennium Park, the Matisse Exhibit at the Art Institute and dinner at the Terzo Piano, the restaurant on top of the Modern Art Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. The meal there was very fine, although not as edgy a culinary experience as I’d expected.
The Matisse Exhibit exceeded my expectations substantially. He lived in a time in history that has always fascinated me. The intellectual changes that took place in the wake of the First World War were far-reaching, and I don’t think we fully understand them to this day.
It was wonderful to get away and it is the sort of thing we need to do more often.
It was an amazing experience. I’d heard that Donald Trump had a strong commitment to quality in all of his buildings, and it’s true. Everything in the suite had been carefully thought out to the smallest details (for example, a leather cover for the TV controller).
Dinner at the Sixteen, the signature restaurant in the Trump Tower was very fine, influenced by the latest in molecular cuisine. Chef Frank Brunacci is a man who is obviously in love with his Immersion Circulator, and the food he produced from it was spectacular.
Our Anniversary itself featured a long walk through Millennium Park, the Matisse Exhibit at the Art Institute and dinner at the Terzo Piano, the restaurant on top of the Modern Art Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. The meal there was very fine, although not as edgy a culinary experience as I’d expected.
The Matisse Exhibit exceeded my expectations substantially. He lived in a time in history that has always fascinated me. The intellectual changes that took place in the wake of the First World War were far-reaching, and I don’t think we fully understand them to this day.
It was wonderful to get away and it is the sort of thing we need to do more often.
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