Just like my Sep 2009 trip, did a lot of shopping and
eating last week in Chicago. We (my husband Shane and I) had the best pancakes, potato soup, burgers and pizza to name a few...
(have I mentioned pizza is a food group in Chicago?)
We stayed with my sister in
Park Ridge and took the
Metra (best public train evah!?) down town.
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| sitting on 2nd level, up top on a Metra train heading into Chicago - fun way to travel! |
We walked east to
Michigan Avenue, past the Art Institute to
Millenium Park.
We stopped at "the bean" and took a stroll through Millennium Park.
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| Cloudgate aka "the bean" remains a popular tourist attraction in Millennium Park |
We had lunch
(best burgers!) at the Berghoff.
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| Berghoff's root beer |
So we spent one afternoon doing the Chicago tourist thing. Check. We also went all over the suburbs visting family and friends - Wonder Lake, Aurora, Oswego, Wilmette, Winnetka, Mundelein, Addison and Glenview just to name a few. I grew up in Wilmette. We drove by one of the prettiest churches there, the
Baha'i Temple:
Up though
Lake County and
McHenry County, some corn fields awaited harvesting.
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| cornfield in McHenry County |
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| old farm in McHenry County |
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| drinks with friends at Dave & Busters in Addison, IL |
Yes, a whirlwind trip indeed including some shopping at some great Chicago area stores like Best Buy, Target, Fry's and Walgreens. Aaaaah, shopping in the Chicago area - awesome!
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| lunch of wings from Hooters one day |
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| in front of my old high school New Trier in Winnetka, Illinois... we got a tour |
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| in a New Trier hallway, the east campus in Winnetka Illinois - 3100 students attend New Trier and 95% go on to 4 year universities... |
We attended my high school reunion. Here I am with 3 other girls who went through kindergarten with me. We did girl scouts, too. Was good to see everyone!
About 200 people were at the reunion.
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| with my awesome sister in her lovely home in Park Ridge |
See you later Chicago... thanks for a good time.
Great pics,and a lovely post! Going down Memory Lane can be...weird in itself,but even moreso sharing it with your now-mate,among kindergarten/girl scout friends.Pretty brave!Cool! you had a good time...ain't it nice to dip into the past waters?
ReplyDeletebtw,thanks for "icanhas cheezburger" link.It was a reminder to me of a funny site,andthe "PussnBoots" audition tapes were hysterical,and duly e-mailed."My" cat Butters enjoyed the auditions! Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteDid a business trip in Chicago for a couple of weeks,back in 2003.Loved it,too. Turned out,my Grandpa lived there in the Capone 1930s,and in Buffalo before,where I went,as well,in the 1990's,and I felt a weird kinship of sorts.I do believe in genetic memory,if you get my drift..Lovely pics!
ReplyDeletehi tjones, thanks for the comments... yep my high school reunion was fun but bit weird... funny how I can still remember the kids I went to grade school with, too...
ReplyDeletecheers mate