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I will keep on updating this page as and when the new experience happen. I am writing this after so many days since due to the work priorities hopefully I will come up with some new pieces accumulated on this page for Bhramanti. One reason among the one why Chicago is great due to Swami
Vivekanand the most inspirational religious personalities from India.
At The World's Parliament of Religions Chicago, 11th September 1893, he
gave famous religious speeches on Hinduism at "Chicago's Parliament of
Religions in 1893" https://www.sriramakrishna.org/chicago.htm This was my first experience of visiting Chicago and second time visit to US. I was shocked as soon arrived here in Chicago on 4th Feb. Sunday evening due to the Cold. It was -30 C. 1st time ever experienced such cold in spite of having extreme condition in high altitude experience. It was horrible but I generally like the extremities so practically I enjoyed the cold here in chicago. Actually I was supposed to land up on Saturday but due to ticket unavailability I came her eon sunday 4th Feb.. On top of that since couldn't able to get the Jacket for cold I went joined the client office without any jacket on me. My boss too got shocked and blasted on me to get the one ASAP. For me it's same environment like Frankfurt/Liverpool/Philadelphia but my work restricted me to see only one route that is to and from my house to office road till now (almost 2 and half month since from my arrival). Shamrock Shuffle: 25th March 2007 Click here for
Marathon Articles Lincoln Park Zoo: After continuous 3 weekend work, this time in the midst of dual mind to go or not, we 4 animals(Sumit, Mayur, Siddharth & myself) of the Presidential Tower zoo, decided to visit the lincoln park. The sunny day and 3 new cameras eagerly waited for long in the apartment since from the day of purchase. Some more camera were supposed to arrive but last moment rush we had enough one. The Zoo is not far from the City center, 10 bucks for a Taxi, happily we four animals went inside the Taxi forgetting all pending office work/ phone calls etc. The zoo is open till 5PM. Today due to sunny days lots of crowd visited this place. It has 1200 animal species including Reptiles & Amphibians, Birds, Mammals. The unique one is leaf cutter ants (The 50 Million-Year Old Farmers), Polar Bear, Lions, Girraf, Zebra Soon after the arrival we all were welcomed by a roar of a Lion and no doubt all crowd diverted to the lions section to catch the moment in the camera/lively view. We visited other animals like Wild Cat, Monkey, Girraf as well the Reptile & Aquarium Section. It took almost 3 hrs though we had fast lookup around the flower sections. But since everyone hungry we decided to visit the zoo once again for more photography since it was first time usage of new camera we unable catch some goodies. It was a very good experience and off course other than nature lovers, also can enjoy the visit to this zoo. It has all other facilities like Food/First Aid/Safari/paddle boating/Children entertainment. One can see the Sears tower to the south of the park though far away like every time watching you/zoo. Click here for Photographs For details information one can visit the zoo site https://www.lpzoo.org/info/index.php
Arora Temple (Venkateswara Swamy Temple): One of the Scenic temple location, I ever saw as Hindu
Temple till date out of India is this. On Saturday we were supposed to catch the 10:30am Metra to Aurora from the
Unison Station of Chicago but unfortunately we missed the train. One of
our colleague Jaideep didn't had his morning pooja so he reflected in
our conversation. So before the next train we went back t his home had
some brunch and prepared ourselves to take 12:30 train. Everyone among
the team of 5 of us were first timer to this Temple as well the Metra
experience. It's a tallest train in term of height looks like. We took
the weekend 5$ pass. It took 1 hr. 15 min. since weekend the same train
stops at all station between Chicago & Aurora. As soon we get down
within 1-2 min we decided to go by Taxi an it was a good decision we
made to cover up the lost time in the morning. It took 15 min to reach
the temple. As soon we got down everyone got charged up to see the
beautiful temple especially our two south Indian Friends since lots of
Saree cladded women and the Idly/Dosa/Pongal as part of Prasadam.
One must visit this place being an Indian origin and
interested to see Temples. https://www.balaji.org/web/home.aspx 29th Apr 07 The rotating
wall has several program and each program has its own speed and
difficulty level. from vertical climb to overhang. You can set the
speed as per your capability. It gives you controlled way of simulating
the speed climbing with various gradation depending upon what is been
selected. We tried all programs and since it was first time after 3
months of gap for me it was fun and complete refreshment. we both were
charged up and after the quitting the club started planning the best
way to catch up the momentum keeping the money matter in mind. It was
fun all together. We enjoyed the climb very much. While leaving spent
some time to observe the wall built outside where some new route
setting was in progress. To get into the these route one has to get
certified with their climbing certification program first. So let see
next time. Climbing at Lakeshore Atheletice Club indoor wall: 6th April 2008 Last year during same time visited this place. And now almost after one year got chance/time to practice on the wall. Its one of the biggest wall ever I saw till date. One hasto go through the compulsary orientation class through the wal coordinator/instructors, and then ready to go. I climbed 3 routes, where each max height gained is 60ft out of 110ft. Its almost after a year I touched the wall so it was expected. Hoping to complete all the routes as and when I visit the wall. It's nice filling when you do your likable activity. The weblink of the wall details. Druming Circle, Peterson Avenue: 17th Oct 2008 Visited this druming circle 2nd time and I am going to enjoy this. I like playing drums specially of Indian style. Courtesy to Alejo; my office colleague introduced me to this group last year. People meet here just to play the drums and practice. May be first time this group had heard one of the song in my language (Marathi) sang by me, to get different rhythm to play the drums. It happened again when I visited this time too! This time group was big around 20 drumers from small kids to aged people. It's relaxing experience. Visit to Swami Narayan Temple and Gurnee Mill Compound: 15th Jan 2012 This is 1st ever experience for me to drive on highway and apart from this we had family members(Wife, Daughter, Mother-in_Law) along with office friend Atin who was kind of walking guide/navigator instructing all the time on the way. It was satisfactory driving experience for me though I did few mistakes. Total driving distance was 130 miles including Chicago to Bartlett then to Gurnee and back to Chicago. Racquetball 14th Jan 2012 This is 1st ever experience for me to play this unique game call racquet ball. Thanks to Alejo who arranged the playing court which is at Public park, Toughy Avenue. The Playing court is huge hollow room with ceiling is almost same as its length (40 ht X 40 length X 20 width) where the serving line is after 15th feet from the front wall close to both sides of the wal in case game is played as double. You will find detials of the game on internet. Good part is its been played indoor, hence no worry of Chicago cold. In the photo Alejo, Phil, Atin and myself. Within 2 hrs of play time we all 4 of us were exausted like a restling game. We all enjoyed this game and confirmed that we will keep playing as and when we get opportunity. For further reference click here: one of the interesting link Chicago Botanic Garden 1st June 2013 Courtesy Northern Trust, I had opportunity to visit the Chicago Botanic Garden. I drove with my family to the destination through the scenic internal route from Montrose to 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe. This was the only tourist place I left unseen until this day in Chicago. Located at 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois, United States, the Chicago Botanic Garden is a 385-acre (156 ha) living plant museum situated on nine islands featuring 26 display gardens and surrounded by four natural habitats: McDonald Woods, Dixon Prairie, Skokie River Corridor, and Lakes and Shores. The Garden is open every day of the year. Admission is free but parking is $25 per car; free for Garden members. The Chicago Botanic Garden is owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and managed by the Chicago Horticultural Society. It opened to the public in 1972 and is home to the Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden, offering a number of classes and certificate programs. The Chicago Botanic Garden is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and is a member of the American Public Gardens Association (APGA).The mission of the Chicago Botanic Garden is to promote the enjoyment, understanding and conservation of plants and the natural world. Realy it requires number of visits to explore/enjoy the garden completly. We just focused on Butterfly Bloom and flowers area. In good wheather condition its heaven for naturalist and photographers to explore many options. Map 1803-1812 The First Fort Dearborn 1818 Illinois Admitted to Statehood The name "Chicago" derived from the Indians but it is not known which tribe named the town and many theories have been advanced to explain the origin of the name. One generally accepted is that the name comes from the Indian words for either wild onion or skunk, but some historians believe that the word Chicago denoted "strong" or "great." Chicago became home to the world's tallest building in 1973
when the Sears Tower was topped off. The Sears Tower remained the
tallest building in the world until February 13, 1996. The Sears Tower
continues to be the tallest building in North America. World's Top 10 Buildings
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