Laura, Eric, Brandon, Jenise, and some random statues playing ring around the rosie...
Chicago was cold... unseasonably cold. Coming from 80-90 degree weather in Texas to 40 degree weather (before the drizzle and the wind) was close to impossible. I've already put away my winter clothes, scarves, hats, gloves (which, yes, I hardly used in Texas this winter), and only have in my closet the summer attire with a few light sweaters and jackets for the indoors. I came to Chicago totally unprepared, but still had fun.
One of our first adventures, after eating Chicago-style deep dish pizza, was going to Wrigley Field to see the Cubs play. Who cares that they didn't win, we had a really good time. I bought an ear wrap/headband thing to stay warm and Eric signed up for a credit card to get the blanket for free. We also purchased some hot (hot!) chocolate to warm our insides. Jenise is an avid baseball fan -- the type of fan who keeps stats on all the plays. She showed me her stat-book and explained how to do everything. I think I learned more about baseball at that game than any other time in my life!
On Saturday, the five of us hung out with some of Eric's friends who showed us around Chi-town. We walked around and took goofy pictures by the Sears Tower (see pic to the right), saw the architecture of Chicago (amazing!), and stopped for coffee. We made it down to the "coast" area and I got to see one of the Great Lakes for the first time!
We got out too late to get enough out of a museum, so we just stopped in the lobby of the Field Museum and peeked in at the most complete T-Rex. I really wish we could have gone in, but I have to save some things for the next time I go! Saturday night, we all went bowling, which was entertaining. :)
Sunday was probably my favorite day! We began by going to Eric's church with his family and meeting everyone that attends. It was funny, because Eric brought three blonde gals to church and we were joking around about how lucky he and Brandon were. He probably had to answer quite a few questions after that morning!
After lunch and a quick nap, we all got dressed up to enjoy downtown Chicago a little more. We went to the top of the Sears Tower this time. Of course, I had to be a little goofy, but I brought Jessica into the goofyness as well. :) After the tower, we went to a ritzy restaurant downtown called "321" and kind of had to rush through our meal. Since this was Mother's Day, Eric didn't tell his parents about any of these adventures. We rushed through our meal because we had tickets to see the musical "Wicked" at the Oriental Theatre. You should have seen his mom's face when we got there and she realized what her Mother's Day present was! We had a great time!
I took Monday off of school as well. Our plane took off at 4 something, so we had some time in the morning to see some of the city. We were kind of hoping for better weather because the forecast said that Monday would be sunny. We had a little bit of sun when we went to the Sears Tower, but it was overcast and rainy again after that. We did our touristy things anyway, including walking to the Navy Pier and renting a "quad-cycle" (see below...).
Yes, we froze even more, but we were a bit more used to it by the fourth day. We completed our wonderful adventure/road-trip-without-the-road with a fabulous meal of more Chicago deep-dish pizza at a place called Giordano's. Yum!
8 comments:
yay Chicago!! great town. probably the best city of them all. best skyline, best architecture, best sports...ok so the trains aren't at awesome as NYC, but it works!!! not for me though. The night life there is too much of a priority.
Yea for Giordano's! Aren't they one of the best pizzas in the world? (And this is coming from someone who dislikes pizza in general...) So glad you got to go to Chicago. Your pictures and adventures brought back good memories for me from our own trip in Feb.
anyone know how to publish the pics so others can make them big? i've tried uploading them directly from the camera AND from the computer... the computer doesn't work all the time...maybe it's that.
its happened to me a couple of times, but most of the time it works. so ..yeah i dunno. i'm no help.
you went to chicago? was this just for fun or what? that's awesome!
Laura, Giordano's is the best! I went to Chicago after my freshman year with some friends for a little under a week and we must have eaten there at least three times. I hope the Cubs game was fun, even though they haven't won a game in like two weeks. Great to meet you and play ultimate with you and the crew last night. Have a blessed summer
katie,
yeah, chicago was just for fun. my friend eric is from there and that group of us made him show us around his hometown. we had fun, but the weather did not cooperate.
yes, giordano's is the best. and yes, ultimate was fun despite all the huffing and puffing of the group! :)
Hey I will be in Chicago for about a week for a ministry conference. Any advice on where I need to go or eat?? Wrigley is already on the must do list.
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