{"id":25891,"date":"2017-12-03T18:39:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T02:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=25891"},"modified":"2017-12-01T18:52:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T02:52:42","slug":"chicago-part-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=25891","title":{"rendered":"Chicago, part III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before we headed home, we took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather and visited a few other spots in Chicago: The Navy Pier and <a href=\"https:\/\/navypier.org\/attractions\/crystal-gardens\/\">Crystal Gardens<\/a> (which we last visited when the girls were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=14658\">much smaller<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cloud_Gate\">Cloud Gate<\/a>, known to locals as &#8220;the Bean.&#8221; With most people back to work or school by then, it felt like we had the city largely to ourselves &#8211; which was pretty fabulous.<\/p>\n<p>-M<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25878\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/girls-at-lake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/girls-at-lake.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/girls-at-lake-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/girls-at-Bean2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/girls-at-Bean2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/girls-at-Bean2-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25876\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/girls-at-Bean.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/girls-at-Bean.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/girls-at-Bean-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25883\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zoe-at-Crystal-Gardens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zoe-at-Crystal-Gardens.jpg 297w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zoe-at-Crystal-Gardens-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25871\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Avery-at-Crystal-Gardens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Avery-at-Crystal-Gardens.jpg 403w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Avery-at-Crystal-Gardens-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25874\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/girls-and-Mommy-at-Crystal-Gardens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/girls-and-Mommy-at-Crystal-Gardens.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/girls-and-Mommy-at-Crystal-Gardens-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before we headed home, we took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather and visited a few other spots in Chicago: The Navy Pier and Crystal Gardens (which we last visited when the girls were much smaller) and Cloud Gate, known to locals as &#8220;the Bean.&#8221; 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