Not just a sightseeing boat, but the one run by the Chicago Architectural Foundation, which gives legit, educated tours on architecture all over the city and some suburbs (like Oak Park, where Frank Lloyd Wright lived and worked).
This wasn’t a quick hose-down and pile more tourists on kind of boat.
And yes, every time they go under that bridge now, they tell the story.
That actually sounds like a very interesting tour.
I’ve been on a bunch of them, with out-of-town guests and just with local friends. They’re just so much more value-added because they come at it from the POV that people want to learn history, architecture, etc., not just take selfies.
They do a couple of different ones that involve riding the El, which means you get a close-up of the facades of the buildings above street level. @ClutchLinkey says she’s been on that one, in fact!
And the boat one, again, you’re seeing things from a different vantage point.
There are some bus tours as well, for neighborhoods that can’t be easily covered by walking.
But their mainstay is the walking tours of various parts of downtown, especially the Loop.
Thanks for the link. Tours like that are definitely something I’m going to consider the next time I’m in Chicago.
Ewww! I didn’t mind the rain, but if I do that tour, I might finally break down and get a proper umbrella! Just in case.
It’s catering to men’s fantasies. So the opposite of woke.
Hey, it’s a possible future of the BBS at the other place!
PEDERSEN: Well, I did want to show people that the world is a lot better than what we give it credit for, that when you deal with people, it’s pretty much a reversed kind of lottery. It’s very hard to lose. And then, I also wanted to inspire people and motivate people to chase their goals in life, whatever they may be.
Ok, I apologize for being way late to this discussion, but I just saw it. I also disagree with a lot on that chart, but just to address Cake, because I am a big Cake fan, their music mostly is not angry, but the Distance definitely has some anger in there, and their cover of War Pigs is also, obviously, anger driven. Cake performs War Pigs live at every one of their shows. They usually close the show with that and the Distance. They are also politically very much leftists. I used to follow them on social media, and I stopped because they just always sounded very, very angry. SO maybe some of that on that chart isn’t just their music, but the band themselves? I don’t know, just a thought.
“The Distance” never feels angry to me. More fatalistic.
It’s my unofficial theme song.
Well…there’s certainly aggression to it, both musically and lyrically. To me, it comes across with a little bit of anger. It’s not rage. Just a tinge of anger.
ETA: I’m not saying that as a criticism of the song. I love the song. I love almost every song Cake has recorded. They are one of my favorite bands ever, and if you ever get a chance to see them live, do it. It’s a lot of fun. My favorite song of theirs is probably Guitar.
“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.”
Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow
