First, I want to apologize for not being able to find the time to visit your posts these past few weeks. Too much travel, even for good things, has had me desperately wishing for down time. I know you all get that. The good news is that we got to visit the Obama Presidental Center and Museum last week. This image was taken from the Nelson Mandela Sky Room.

The Nelson Mandela Sky Room sits at the top of the 225-foot museum tower, which is on the 8th floor of the Museum Building. The Sky Room offers panoramic 360-degree views of Jackson Park, Lake Michigan, and Chicago’s South and West Sides, as well as the gorgeous Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (shown here). The building is one of two left standing from the 1983 World’s Columbian Exposition.