Now that the gifts with the still theme have been revealed and opened (see Part One), it's time for the Nelson Sisters to continue on a related adventure involving food and fun.
My plans for going to Marge's Still in Lincoln Park area were dashed with the restaurant opening not until 4:30 pm and a drive to Bartlett to go to Still and Grill seemed to not be worth the drive once I read the yelp reviews.
What to do?
Ditch the restaurant with "still" in the name and go instead to a place where still life viewing reigns supreme: The Art Institute.
Not only does the Art Institute have great works of art, it has a state-of-the-art restaurant in the Modern Wing on the third floor. On the left of entry is the Chicago waterfront view and on the right is our own, beautiful skyline!
We ate first before the viewing of the Institute's art collections. The foods we ate were also masterpieces of the culinary sort. We started with a shared salad with a tasty buttermilk vinaigrette, grilled pears, candied hazelnuts and blue cheese on a bed of Bibb lettuce.
One word: delishioooooooooous. Then on to the main course - again shared by the sisters.
This was the Butternut Squash Agnolotti with cipolini onions, hen of the woods mushrooms and apple-thyme gremolata.
No, it couldn't have tasted better. (Because I am so refined now that I am 60 I didn't lick the plate. Nor did my mostly-always refined Sis.) Meanwhile I snuck off to find our waitress to ask about a possible birthday treat for Diann. She brought us this Deconstructed S'more.
Do you see the words on the blue disc?
And the graham cracker ice cream behind it?
You just want a full view now, don't you?
It perfectly matches her necklace and lovely eye color!
This food gave us sustenance for what happens in Part Three.
A Scavenger Hunt may or may not be involved.
You never know what'll happen with these two next - especially when works of art are involved and one insists upon mimicry.
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