We discovered that Frank Lloyd Wright, the famous architect's home was in a suburb of Chicago and so we drove the few miles up the road to his home and took a wonderful tour of his house and studio where he designed many of his famous buildings. One of his most famous buildings, pictured on the left, is in New York City and called the Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art. His home was really f
ascinating because it had elements of his styles at the time he built the house but also elements that h
e used on other buildings many years later. It was also filled with his Prairie-style furniture which I love. Frank Lloyd Wright is my favorite architect because of the style of furniture and architecture he created. In fact, the remodeled rooms of my house all have elements of Wright's work in them.
ascinating because it had elements of his styles at the time he built the house but also elements that h
e used on other buildings many years later. It was also filled with his Prairie-style furniture which I love. Frank Lloyd Wright is my favorite architect because of the style of furniture and architecture he created. In fact, the remodeled rooms of my house all have elements of Wright's work in them. 
We had planned to eat lunch at Super Dawg, reputedly the best hot dog in the all of Chicago which is famed for their hot dogs. We decided we would just split one since we also wanted to eat at one of the famous Polish Funeral Restaurants. Now don't get too excited campers, there are no dead people or any other scary stuff at these places. The most famous ones are located across the street from a cemetary which is a very convenient location since the funeral's last stop is usually th
e cemetary. So following the grave-side service, meaning the part of the funeral done right at the spot where the casket will be lowered into the ground, those that attended the funeral are invited to dinner at the Polish restaurant. I don't know if everybody does this or what but while we were at the restaurant the waitress told us that they were having 8 groups of people having dinner that day--all funerals! The restaurant is made up of lots of rooms that can be divided up into larger or smaller rooms to accomodate private groups. We ate in the regular restaurant since we obviously weren't there for a funeral. We went to the White Eagle . The white eagle is also the symbol on the Polish flag. It was a huge restaurant. The only thing they were serving was a family style lunch which cost $7.95 each. This is what we got:
e cemetary. So following the grave-side service, meaning the part of the funeral done right at the spot where the casket will be lowered into the ground, those that attended the funeral are invited to dinner at the Polish restaurant. I don't know if everybody does this or what but while we were at the restaurant the waitress told us that they were having 8 groups of people having dinner that day--all funerals! The restaurant is made up of lots of rooms that can be divided up into larger or smaller rooms to accomodate private groups. We ate in the regular restaurant since we obviously weren't there for a funeral. We went to the White Eagle . The white eagle is also the symbol on the Polish flag. It was a huge restaurant. The only thing they were serving was a family style lunch which cost $7.95 each. This is what we got:Basket of rye bread
mushroom barley soup
cole slaw
beef brisket
potato pierogies
spiral pasta with chicken livers
mashed potatoes
roasted chicken
saurkraut with polish sausages
a platter of desserts
Man, those Polish know how to put on a party! There was so much food we filled 6 styrofoam containers with the leftovers and left stuffed. Wow! We never got to Super Dawg, so who knows, maybe we missed the best hot dog in all of Chicago, we'll never know!
We headed out on the freeway to our next stop, Michigan City, Indiana. Back east a lot of the freeways are toll roads, which means you have to p
ay to drive on them. Sort of like toll bridges are if you've ever been on one of those. Every few miles you would have to pull up to a booth like the one pictured on the left, and hand someone 80 cents or a dollar and then you'd drive a little futher and then have to pay again. Weird, huh!
ay to drive on them. Sort of like toll bridges are if you've ever been on one of those. Every few miles you would have to pull up to a booth like the one pictured on the left, and hand someone 80 cents or a dollar and then you'd drive a little futher and then have to pay again. Weird, huh! We finally arrived in Michigan City about 5:30 and found the place pretty dead. We ate our Polish leftovers, and went and saw a movie. Then back to our room for a good night's sleep.
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