Family Man Librarian » shedd aquarium http://www.familymanlibrarian.com A blog about family, technology, and libraries Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:08:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Photos from visit to the Shedd Aquarium http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/09/23/photos-from-visit-to-the-shedd-aquarium/ http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/09/23/photos-from-visit-to-the-shedd-aquarium/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:50:09 +0000 Steve http://familymanlibrarian.com/?p=688 Check out our latest photo album from a visit to one of our favorite places, the Shedd Aquarium:

]]> http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/09/23/photos-from-visit-to-the-shedd-aquarium/feed/ 23 Chicago is a beautiful city http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/09/23/chicago-is-a-beautiful-city/ http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/09/23/chicago-is-a-beautiful-city/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:38:40 +0000 Steve http://familymanlibrarian.com/?p=686 Continue reading →]]> Chicago is a beautiful city and the following photo shows it.  Yesterday we were at the lakefront to visit the Shedd Aquarium for the first time since March.  It was a beautiful day, sunny and warm but not too warm.  Lots of people were out and about enjoying the day, including lots of people out on boats on Lake Michigan.  This will probably be one of the A nice view of the downtown skyline of Chicago last weekends for boating whether before the fall and winter weather comes.  In this photo you can see the Standard Oil building to the far left (it may be called something else now).  The Hancock Building is peeking out just to the right a little ways.  Lake Point Towers on the far right.  One of these is where Sammy Sosa lived for a number of years.  I remember attending a NASIG conference reception on the top floor of the Standard Oil building in 1992.  It was a beautiful setting and was one of the last formal dinner receptions NASIG hosted.  In a way, I miss those formal occasions!

]]> http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/09/23/chicago-is-a-beautiful-city/feed/ 2 Kids say the funniest things http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/08/29/kids-say-the-funniest-things/ http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/08/29/kids-say-the-funniest-things/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:21:43 +0000 Steve http://familymanlibrarian.com/?p=679 Continue reading →]]> My kids come up with the funniest things to say sometimes.  This morning, for example, Tristan was watching something on TV about the baby beluga whale that was recently born at the Shedd Aquarium.  He rushed upstairs to tell me, with great excitement:  “Dad!  Did you know that zoo we went to recently has a new baby bazooka?!”  That really made me laugh.

Michele just IM’d me to tell me another funny anecdote from this afternoon.  Cohen was sitting by her while Tristan and Brinley were busy arguing loudly about something.  She remarked to him, “They’re crabby!”  His reply:  “They are fighting.  I wish I was in God’s world!”

You just gotta laugh…

]]> http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/08/29/kids-say-the-funniest-things/feed/ 0 A visit to the Shedd Aquarium http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/03/05/a-visit-to-the-shedd-aquarium/ http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/03/05/a-visit-to-the-shedd-aquarium/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:00:55 +0000 Steve http://familymanlibrarian.com/?p=571 Continue reading →]]> Michele was feeling pretty well this weekend so yesterday, we decided to take advantage of that by doing something fun together as a family. We went to the Shedd Aquarium. Here is a video clip taken in the temporary lizard exhibit:

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