We had some out-of-towner visitors and decided to take them to city.
I had an opportunity to tag a long. Visited many places.
Here are my top 4…
First and foremost stop was OPRAH.
The countdown to the end of The Oprah Winfrey Show has begun and not sure what entails to the Chicago Harpo Studios and it’s surrounding neighborhood. Everyone loves Oprah who definitely contributed for beautification and success of the area.
This was the closest I could see OPRAH.
Lots of Golden Woofs, OPRAH. Hope to meet you someday …
Next stop was Gotham City: the home of Batman, The Dark Knight.
The Chicago Board of Trade was Batman’s fictional “Gotham City Police Department.” The CBOT building is one of Chicago’s skyscraper.
It is a 605-foot, 44-story building opened in 1930.
The current structure is known for its art deco architecture, sculptures and large-scale stone carving as well as large trading floors.
A three-story art deco statue of Ceres, goddess of agriculture, caps the building. The building is a popular sightseeing attraction and location for shooting movies such as Batman, The Dark Night.
Have you felt you are being watched?
Well, this is exactly how I felt when visiting the Giant EYE sculpture.
The EYE is a three-story tall eyeball sculpture by artist, Tony Tasset. It is located in Chicago’s Pritzker Park. According to Tasset, he chose an EYE because it is a powerful symbol that has been used throughout history.
The EYE sculpture is made of steel reinforced fiberglass.
It has a blue iris because it is the color of Tasset’s eye.
I felt a little bit creepy being next to the EYE sculpture.
Last stop was Magnificent Mile: The Shop at North Bridge.
A very dog friendly place to go shopping. I got to sit/dine at the cafe and ride the elevator too. I received many flattering compliments and appreciated the petting from both the staff and shoppers. Spacious lounge areas and doggie bags/treats were located on every floor.
I enjoyed my mini-weekend trip to the city. It’s exhausting but certainly facinating to do something out of my usually weekend routine.
Lots of Golden Woofs,
About Sugar: Golden Woofs
that's a pretty nice holiday you had there.. the closest you got to Oprah is very near..
mebbe Oprah will have you in his show one day.
I love dog friendly places.. but alas.. in my country.. it is hard to even find dog friendly parks.
thanks for sharing your journey with us.
Thanks for the tour! We love the Dark Knight movie very much, next time we are watching I will picture you dear Sugar instead of the scary clown men and stuff…
That eye is very creepy, you are very brave. And relaxing on the sofa! I would never be able to do that in my town.
What a nice tour! I love seeing landmarks that are off the beaten track, all though, the eye statue gave us the creeps too!
Sam
That does look exhausting but that store looks marvelous! What a fun place to shop at! You are one lucky dog to be able to go to all those cool places! Woof! Woof!
I felt like I was there with you! That is a lot of really cool stuff you saw! One day, I'm hoping to get to Chicago, too!
Bunny
We're so glad you enjoyed your time in the city. Stumpy and I avoid cities at all costs! I know we're missing a lot of cool stuff, but…all those people and all those cars freak us out.
I think that eyeball is kinda scary. Butt I'll bet that the peeps in the mall RECOGNIZED you from your TV time!!
Maybe when Oprah leaves… you could take her place!!!
Sugar in the City! Wow Chicago sure has a lot of exciting places to visit. There's nothing quite that famous here in Singapore. Sigh…
And Batman is awesome, because he was inspired by The Dog Knight. Yes, I'm sure the Dog Knight came first.
Sonic
SUGAR!!!! You went to see Oprah and you didn't bring your friend Pip!!! I am her most biggest fan ever!!! Just kidding!
By the way, mama works right near that big eyeball.
Your pal, Pip
Just had to vote for your tongue picture. Such a talented cookie catcher Sugar! Good luck
We are so happy your peeps took you along. Was that Oprah's eyeball you were posing with? I understand she sees all and now I know why!!
BOL
What a fun adventure!
Love the eyeball picture:)
Sounds like you had the PURRfect mini vacay! The eyeball freaked mom out. She thinks eyeballs are gross.
Boy, it sounds like you had a fabulous day in the city with your mom's friends. You went to some wonderful places. Thanks for sharing the sites with us country dogs!
Hugs and wags, Mistaya
What a fun time…and that is a mighty impressive picture of you & Oprah!
What cool art you have in Chicago, Sugar! Mom loves Oprah and would LOVE to meet her!
Love ya lots
Maggie and Mitch
Looks like you had a wonderful time on your trip to the City. The Eye is alittle scary looking.
Thanks for sharing all the Great Pictures.
Your friends
Geisha,Grover,Lily,Bailey,Wrinkles
Sugar,
What a wunderful weekend youz had in Chicago!
Woofs and Licks,
Maggie Mae
Sugar, it looks like you had a great time in the city! Thanks for the tour!! Lots of love, Holly and mom
I think you should call Oprah and tell her that Sugar would like to be on her show and get some prizes!
I knews poor Pip would be so envious dat you saws da Oprah building…hehehe!
Loves da eyeball, even though it's kinda creepy!
Puddles
Great post! Love the pics. That is one BIG eyeball!
Oprah!!!
Love the giant eye ball – that is cool!
Oh, that was fun, Sugar! Thank you for taking me around to see your city. I like how that Oprah lady was waving at you. She must be so excited to see a celebrity such as yourself.
Wiggles & Wags,
Mayzie
I love, love, LOVE Chicago! It's my favorite big city. That's such a nice dog friendly area you visited with the doggy couches and all!
Elyse and Riley
What a great holiday but what a scary eye Sugar!!!!
We were very scared
love
Martha and Bailey xxx
A great tour of Chicago, Sugar!
We haven't been for a few years – makes us want to go back again!
take care
Clive and Murray
What a fun weekend. thanks for sharing your mini adventure
Chicago is one of our favorite cities to visit
Kari
http://dogisgodinreverse.com
You had a very nice visit indeed! Especially that eyeball–it was cool…..
What a fun trip to the city Sugar! We know Oprah would love you so we're sorry she wasn't there to meet you!
Sugar, MAN!! You had such a nice time in the windy city. That ole eye would spook me!! hehehe Glad that you had fun and enjoyed the trip!!
wags
Jazzi
I bet Sugar would be a great Oprah guest, we would watch!!
Kira and Murph
Hey Sugar, it's great that you got to come into the city! I saw that big eye from the Brown Line train last week. You sure are good at posing for pictures!! It looks like you had a great time!
Pawesome tour, Sugar!
That big eye is scary!
Happy Monday!
Kisses and hugs
Lorenza
Oh my goodness Miss Sugar!
That was a Pawsome outing you had…
We LOVE the city and go visit any time we can. I've never seen the creepy Eye ball though.
Thanks for the grrrrreat pictures!
You look so Beautiful in all of them ♥
Love,
Neeko ♥
How khool!
Too bad woo didn't get to see Oprah -
Woo khould have told her about Bear-Bear
We've written her show multiple times about it
They must not khare about khanines fur no one has evFUR written bakhk -
Sad thing is Oprah's early TV days were spent in Baltimore -
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
Sugar you are a lucky dog! Looks like a great weekend.
Wags N Kisses,
Wrigley
Nice mini vacay, Sugar – thanks for playing tour guide! I'll bet that if Oprah knew you would have liked to have seen her show, she would have let you in cause… guess what? She has at least a couple of golden retrievers heheh! So keep trying!
Hugs xoxoxoxo
Sammie and Avalon
You are so lucky you got to get so close to Oprah!
Sugar, I can't believe that Oprah didn't ask a celebrity such as yourself to be on her show….. maybe next time, huh? I see how that eyeball could be a little creepy but my momma works for an eye doc and she thought it was mighty cool ;o)
Snuggles,
Twix
Sugar
Super cool trip to the city even if it's full of big hairy eyeballs. Not just oprahs but that sculpture too.
norwood
Oh my goodness Sugar!!!
Look at all 'dose great pho-toes!!
You look super cutes looking at's Oprah!! She would be super lucky to meet yous!!!
What a fun day you had!!!!
Big hugs to you Sweet Girl!!
love,
IzZY, Josie and Anakin Man
OMD…
our word ver… is aired…
maybe like yous get aired on Oprah… hee hee
Really great Post Sugar .. you live in a great city there
Licks and Tail Wags!
Olive
Wow! You look great in the big city! Nothing like Chicago!
Nice little trip to the city! Holy dogness, that's one big eyeball!!!
Wow Sugar!!! What a fantastic tour!!! Oprah and a giant eye ball and doggie friendly lounges!!! Wootwoot!
Hugs and snaggle-tooth kisses,
Sierra Rose
miss sugar,
what a fun chicago trip!! i'm glad you got to go along and show us some pictures! that hooge eyeball is totally weirding me out, but the rest of the trip looked way awesome!
*woof*
the booker man
OH what a great time you had. You didn't get to meet Batman either?
Big Sloppy Kisses
Gus, Louie and Callie
I enjoyed the tour.
Feels like I was there too.
Oh Sugar, we loved seeing you in the city! You are too cute
Om my goodness, that is the scarest thing I've ever seen! You are so brave to sit next to that hoooge eyeball!
woof -Tucker