Irrelevance Glorified

For once, a post not about hiking! Back at the end of July, I traveled back to Chicago for a long weekend. Why? Well, for one, I hadn’t been back in a little while and hadn’t seen anyone in my family since February, so it seemed like a decent idea. Secondly, my sister Sharmila had recently had a kid, so I was up for seeing my new nephew Sachin. And thirdly, my other sister Vandana and her husband Rich were coming up from Orlando, which is a fairly rare occurrence. So I took a few days off from work and flew in to Chicago. Thursday was spent doing chores around my Mom’s place, such as cleaning gutters and stuff. Friday we drove up to Sharmila’s place on the North Side, meeting up with Vandana and Rich. We spent most of that day goo-gooing over the baby and taking a little walk out to Lake Michigan. Saturday’s forecast called for rain, so we decided to do something indoor, namely go to the Art Institute of Chicago. I hadn’t been to the Art Institute for a really long time, so I was definitely up for that (although I was very disappointed when I realized they had removed/hidden the medieval armor and weapons gallery). They had recently opened up a new Modern Art wing, so I was curious what they had there. It was….interesting, to say to the least. I took a few pictures, although not so many as I always tend to feel like I’m stealing from artists and the museum when I do so. Afterwards we went out for Tapas, and Sunday was time to return to our respective homes.

Flickr set here.
Slideshow below.
Pictures after the jump.

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It’s time to welcome a new person — literally — to my webpage. Here is Sachin Bedi, not too long after being born. He first showed up early morning on May 16th. I like this picture because of the somewhat bewildered look on his face. A look that says “What the hell just happened?” A quite reasonable reaction, given the experiences he had been through recently. Anyways, he is the first child that I am genetically obligated to see succeed, so I will be (eventually) teaching him things, “Ranjeet exclusives”, if you will, that I have been holding back for just such an occasion. Sorry, Nile and Itsuki, but this is just the way things go.