I Saw This Image...

and I knew I had to go there,

whereever it is in the world.

it's in Chicago, the frozen land of Chicago, 

the 3 Arts Club Cafe at Restoration Hardware.

Hardware?

not on your life

 

kinda makes one swoon to be there, doesn't it?

I love Chicago and I've been there many times when it was BLIZZARD CONDITIONS,

& I still got out there in my layer upon layer of clothing and walked to the Chicago Institute of Art,

and thought I was having a wonderful time.

to me, the city is beautiful!

I think because it's on the lake and you can see that water from almost everywhere.

we have a beautiful city here in Houston, but we are 50 miles inland, though we have

a huge port (which was man-made, btw), so there is no water view anywhere.

and water views are MY thing!

anyway, the restaurant serves haute "simple" food 

with a lavish flourish.

so American, isn't it?