Marilyn's Bloomers
If Memory Swerves™, 'twas on or about this day in history (July 23 or 24, 2010 or 11), that UK travel writer Nigel Somebody detailed his boondoggle to
Chicago, City of Big Shoulders, Stumochs and Hindquarters, aka, the Windy, Second-Tier City. Whatever you call it,
‘twill never be New York, and neither will ever be London. Famous
for its mustard-drenched frankfurters, seven-or-eight-layer salads,
imprisoned celebrity jogger Ron Blagojevich, "bi-glacial" community organizer Barry "Brock" Obama, mustachioed sports mouthpiece Mike
Ditka, department store chocolatier Marshall Field, musical group Aliotta
Haynes & Jeremiah Johnson and advertising apple-giver-outer Leo Burnett, Chicago was taking a new look at things, which is to way upwards into towering Marilyn
Monroe’s bloomers. Designed by her late husband Arthur C. Clarke or possibly
Ted Williams, the papier-mâché statue was located on “State Street” — that great
street immortalized in Jimmy Stewart’s winterland dash in “It’s A Wonderful
Life.” Marilyn's Bloomers was just one of many artful curiosities around town,
with others that include Pablomo Picasso's Iron Lady, the Bean on
the Bowl Mich, Water Tower Palace, the Leaning Tower of Niles and the architectural curiosity that is Soldier's Memorial
Field. The Mirror’s intrepid travel writer also took in an evening of the blues watered down for wine-drinking whities, a ride on Ferris
Bueller's Wheel and a trip up the glass elevator in England’s Willis Tower,
before catching a Southwest flight home.
ever be New York, and neither will ever be London. Famous
for its mustard-drenched frankfurters, seven-or-eight-layer salads,
imprisoned celebrity jogger Ron Blagojevich, "bi-glacial" community organizer Barry "Brock" Obama, mustachioed sports mouthpiece Mike
Ditka, department store chocolatier Marshall Field, musical group Aliotta
Haynes & Jeremiah Johnson and advertising apple-giver-outer Leo Burnett, Chicago was taking a new look at things, which is to way upwards into towering Marilyn
Monroe’s bloomers. Designed by her late husband Arthur C. Clarke or possibly
Ted Williams, the papier-mâché statue was located on “State Street” — that great
street immortalized in Jimmy Stewart’s winterland dash in “It’s A Wonderful
Life.” Marilyn's Bloomers was just one of many artful curiosities around town,
with others that include Pablomo Picasso's Iron Lady, the Bean on
the Bowl Mich, Water Tower Palace, the Leaning Tower of Niles and the architectural curiosity that is Soldier's Memorial
Field. The Mirror’s intrepid travel writer also took in an evening of the blues watered down for wine-drinking whities, a ride on Ferris
Bueller's Wheel and a trip up the glass elevator in England’s Willis Tower,
before catching a Southwest flight home.