See The Bean
Wow! Where have I been? Well, we went to Chicago a couple of weeks ago and I’m finally getting caught up on all-things-Jek.
So what is The Bean? The Bean is a very cool sculpture in Chicago’s Millennium Park. There are several sculptures in Millennium Park, but this one really catches your eyes and attention.
![The Bean](http://www.mrambler.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/the_bean.jpg)
Below is our “Bean Reflection”. Looks like the making of a good album cover.
![The Bean reflection](http://www.mrambler.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/bean_reflection.jpg)
We really enjoyed Chicago, despite it being fRiEkInG COLD. The music was great too!
April 13th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Doesn’t quite look like the “Green Bean” (Nickname of a car Jek once owned), but, it is really cool…… Being a person that has worked extensively with sheet metal in the past, I didn’t think it was possible to achieve such a mirror finish on stainless steel….. Very impressive….. Jek, you didn’t happen to see the WWII German U-Boat they have on display in Chicago? It was one they used for some interior shots and engine sounds for the movie……
April 13th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Nope, I missed it. Didn’t even know about it. To which movie are you referring?
April 14th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
U-571 was the movie…… We saw it together at a theatre in the Northgate Shopping Center area when it came out a few years ago….. At the time, the U-Boat in Chicago was on display at some outdoor plaza….. It may have been moved since then, but, I am pretty sure that they said it was supposedly on “permanent” display there.
April 17th, 2008 at 3:01 am
That theatre is long gone now. The whole face of Northgate has changed. It seems better but in a way that somehow makes me feel guilty for liking it.
I couldn’t find any evidence that any parts of the U-505 on display at the Museum of Science and Industry, which we didn’t go to, were used in U-571 (from my internet searching). I did see that it was an inspiration to the director/writer somebody (see how close I read). Oh yeah and I did find this quote about it from Roger Ebert’s review:
April 17th, 2008 at 7:49 am
The info about them using the engines and some interior shots was in the special features of the DVD of the movie….. Here’s something weird for you – Go to the “Dashboard” and look at the current number of posts. Right now, with my latest quiz post it’s 571….. Strange, huh……