Modern Wing

We spent the morning/afternoon downtown going to the new Modern Wing at the Art Institute. Admission to the museum was free because of the opening. The building is amazing very open and beautiful. There were a lot of areas to enjoy the outdoors as well; a patio area on the ground floor, a deck on the top floor, and a bridge connecting the museum to Millennium Park. If you are planning to go see the new addition sometime, go when the weather is nice, so you can enjoy the outside parts as well! Also, because Target was sponsoring the free admission to the museum, so when we left we got a few free bags of chips and a bottles of water.


We also walked up Michigan Ave to check out any good deals at the stores, and we won a free Hersey Bar from the Hersey store. I guess this was a great day for free things in Chicago!

Settlers of Catan Tournament

Rob and I just got home from playing in a Settlers tournament at a game store called Cat & Mouse. There were 4 tables of 4 each. Everyone played 2 games and the 4 people with the most points went on to play in a final game for the prizes. I won my first two games (20 points) and Rob won 1 and got 8 the second (18 points). We were both in the final game with two others.

It was intense to say the least. Everyone had 9 points towards the end of the game, except for me because I got boxed in. Rob could have pulled through for a win, but did not have the right mix of cards. The other girl won the game taking the grand prize. Rob tied for second with another guy and I got third. We both walked away with a total of $17.50 in gift certificates for the store, and a river expansion piece for Settlers.

All in all, it was a great afternoon of playing with some cool people. The store was really cool too. They have game nights every Tuesday from 6:30-9:30 and then on Fridays starting after Memorial Day. I think we might head over there to play sometime.
( http://www.cat-n-mouse.com/ )