Year: 2012

Bosty decided to spend his summer vacation in the windy city – Chicago. He was really excited to see Frank Gehry’s Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. He’s so cultured.

Then he had to stop by the “bean” because he thought it sounded tasty. He was disappointed to see that it wasn’t a real, edible bean.

He spent the afternoon wandering through Millennium Park dog watching and people watching, while admiring some of the park’s sculptures.

For dinner he had to stop by Giordanos for some deep dish pizza.

He even had some leftovers that he boxed up and had for a late night snack and breakfast the next day.

Up next? A visit to the impressive Art Institute of Chicago.

Bosty liked the modern wing – he’s a big fan of the architecture.

He also visited the special exhibit on Roy Lichtenstein. Bosty loves comics so he’s a big fan of Lichtenstein’s style.

Here’s one of his favorites in the exhibit – I think he just liked it because he could recognize Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.

He was pretty excited to see Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks in person.

That night Bosty decided to live it up and do some fine dining at the famous Charlie Trotter’s restaurant. He heard it was closing soon, so he wanted to make sure he had a fancy multiple course meal there.

The next day he wanted to check out the view of the city from the Sky Deck at the Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower).

After pushing through a lot of tourists at the top, he was able to get a few snapshots of himself in front of the view.

Next we wandered around the city – it was such a beautiful, sunny day. Bosty got excited when he saw this parade float drive by – such colorful seahorses!

Here he is posing for another one of his tourist snapshots.

Later we stumbled upon the Buckingham Fountain – Bosty was very tempted to swim in the water. After all, it was an unusually hot summer day.

The word hot reminds me of…hot dogs! We stopped by Hot Doug’s for lunch.

After waiting in line for about an hour, Bosty tried not to be a piggy while eating several Chicago style hot dogs (he worked up quite an appetite).

 We ended our visit with a stroll through the city at night.

Bosty hasn’t been traveling much these days. He’s been hibernating because of the cold weather but now that it’s spring, he doesn’t have any more excuses. So he headed west to wander around San Diego, CA.

He was a little sad that he was too early for Comic-Con at the convention center. Better luck next year…But he did like the way the building looked at night.

Since he couldn’t spend the next day reading comic books, he headed over to San Diego Zoo to catch some sunlight. He thought this sign was very misleading – “I didn’t even see one hippo lifeguard!”

He got to see lots of colorful flamingos.

And a peacock that got loose on the grounds (Bosty later complained that my picture of the peacock cropped him out too much. He’s such a critic).

He thought about joining the panda for lunch, but didn’t think bamboo would fill him up enough.

Although it seemed like the birdies had quite a feast of…well, he wasn’t quite sure what they were eating. So he gave in and stopped by one of the zoo’s cafes for a snack.

Later, he wanted his picture taken in front of a warthog so he could look all the more handsome.

And he liked comparing his pointy ears to the hyena’s.

After San Diego, he decided to drive to the countryside to see all the modern-looking windmills.

The fields weren’t too bad either.

Then it was back to San Diego to relax by the water and watch people fly kites in the park before heading home.