A few months ago, Steve found out one of his favorite bands, Thrice, was playing a farewell show in Chicago. He bought tickets for the show and we planned to make a weekend out of it. I had only been to Chicago once before on a short road trip (and, confession: mostly to see NKOTB/Jesse McCartney in concert), and another time for work, so I was eager to do all of the touristy stuff this past weekend.
Things I learned about Chicago:
- Walking around for hours in flip flops leads to mysterious foot pain and an embarrassing limp for multiple days in a row.
- Navy Pier = boring tourist trap with long bathroom lines.
- Davanni's deep dish is just as good as authentic Chicago-style deep dish.
- Driving to Milwaukee at midnight and getting a hotel room > pulling an all-nighter and driving all the way home.
- Wisconsin is just as bad to drive across as Iowa.
- They (whoever 'they' is) weren't joking when they nicknamed it the Windy City.
I also learned a lot about the Red Line; mainly:
- People will ignore the 'no soliciting' recorded announcement. I'm sure you're raising money for the YMCA, sir.
- Construction work on the track = constant stop-and-go = motion sickness.
- When it is late and people want to be home, they have no problem announcing it to the rest of the train. Repeatedly.
- Don't get on the green line to the south side when you mean to get on the orange to Midway. (I actually learned this when I was in Chi. on the business trip, but felt it needed to be included.)
Other things worth mentioning:
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| Driving somewhere in Wisconsin, probably near a Culver's. |
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| Walking along the river Friday night. |
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| Touring Wrigley on Saturday morning. |
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| The view from the top of the ballpark, in all its glory. |
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| Cubs dugout. |
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| Buckingham Fountain - shortly after a gentleman tried to sell us a free newspaper. |
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| Being extra touristy at The Bean. |
Until the next adventure,
-Emily
