Day 1 in Chicago
Well, actually, day BEFORE day one is where I'll start. Our flight was supposed to leave at 8:05 on Wednesday night. My mom and I met Deena at the airport at 6:15. We checked in, got through security, ate dinner, then headed to our gate to wait, wait, wait. Well, 8:05 came and went and we weren't even on the plane yet! We got on the plane around 8:30 and sat, sat, sat. You know how it goes. Long story short - we finally took off around 10:30. Yeah - 10:30! The rest of the night was pretty smooth. The two-hour delay was our only set back. The flight was slightly bumpy and nerve-wracking, but we made it!
OK - so now to Thursday. We decided ahead of time that Thursday would be our "touristy" day. First things first - we got online and got the address and directions for "Windy City Scrapbooking". GREAT store! The cab ride cost us, like, $35 and it was totally worth it!
Next, we caught a cab to the downtown and did a little shopping at the Water Tower. There was actually a store in there called "No. 1 Blue Engine". Those of you with little boys know that the No. 1 Blue Engine is THOMAS! And Jack is OBSESSED with Thomas! My mom and I did some major shopping in there. My suitcase is now full of Thomas stuff, most of which will be saved until Christmas.
We then caught a trolley tour, went up in the Sears Tower, did MORE Trolley touring, and had dinner at Giordano's. SERIOUSLY the best pizza I have ever had!
So on the way back to the hotel, our cab broke down in the middle of the freeway in the middle of rush hour. SO... they called a back up. We had to actually get out of the cab in the middle of the freeway with cars swirving around us and all sorts of chaos. Kind of a scary situation, but on the plus side, it only cost us about $12 to get back where it would have cost, like, $35. At first I felt guilty about not paying the first driver, but I think the whole "switching cabs in the middle of the freeway" thing made up for it. Good times.
So that was pretty much the whole day. We were proud of ourselves for actually getting out and doing stuff when what we WANTED to do was lay around the hotel all day. So YAY US!
OK - so now to Thursday. We decided ahead of time that Thursday would be our "touristy" day. First things first - we got online and got the address and directions for "Windy City Scrapbooking". GREAT store! The cab ride cost us, like, $35 and it was totally worth it!
Next, we caught a cab to the downtown and did a little shopping at the Water Tower. There was actually a store in there called "No. 1 Blue Engine". Those of you with little boys know that the No. 1 Blue Engine is THOMAS! And Jack is OBSESSED with Thomas! My mom and I did some major shopping in there. My suitcase is now full of Thomas stuff, most of which will be saved until Christmas.
We then caught a trolley tour, went up in the Sears Tower, did MORE Trolley touring, and had dinner at Giordano's. SERIOUSLY the best pizza I have ever had!
So on the way back to the hotel, our cab broke down in the middle of the freeway in the middle of rush hour. SO... they called a back up. We had to actually get out of the cab in the middle of the freeway with cars swirving around us and all sorts of chaos. Kind of a scary situation, but on the plus side, it only cost us about $12 to get back where it would have cost, like, $35. At first I felt guilty about not paying the first driver, but I think the whole "switching cabs in the middle of the freeway" thing made up for it. Good times.
So that was pretty much the whole day. We were proud of ourselves for actually getting out and doing stuff when what we WANTED to do was lay around the hotel all day. So YAY US!
posted by Jennifer Kirk at 8:08 PM
4 Comments:
sounds like you are having a great time.
So glad you had a great time!
Now get to the CHA goods!! :D
oh Giordanos!!!!!!!!!
The absolute BEST pizza EVAH! I love, love, love that place!
Yum!!
OMGosh...too bad I couldn't make it! Glad you all are having a grand time!!
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