Highlights:
Read Janet Evanovich #1 to my Studly Hubby to make a fan out of him on our radio-less drive 6.5 hrs to Chicago.
Made a fan out of him after the first two pages.
Arrived at our super-fancy art decco hotel Allegro in the Chicago Theater District (downtown), had valet take our car to the ramp and got spoiled by the polite staff,
wine tasting, complimentary Aveda products, and fun high-rise view.Went out to dinner at the super-funky Sushi Samba down the street, had delicious Sushi and an interesting time experiencing the glass bathrooms and carpeted walls. And check it! If you go to their website you can listen to the funky samba music we listened to right now while you read this blog.
Wandered the Theater District, saw a huge lit Christmas tree and heard some Christmas songs chimed by a neighborhood church, but most notably smelled the strong scent of chocolate that drifted through the whole neighborhood. The source of the smell was never pinpointed despite our sniffing expertise and increasing motivation to find it.
Headed back to the hotel and ordered some chocalate mint Haagen Dazs through room service, delighted in the fancy tray and glass bowls it came with and snuggled into bed beneath down comforters and pillows to eat it while watching a Chicago restaurant show on public access.
Sat am, ate at the fancy hotel restaraunt 321, then headed out to Michigan Avenue to do some shopping and sightseei
ng. Bought some super-sweet Ariat cowboy boots and wore them around until the blisters won. Had some delectible Chicago-style pizza at Lou Malnati's. Checked out the spitting fountain at Watertower Place and went up in the Hancock Building to see Chicago from way-up-high (at dusk). Then went to Kingston Mines for some chicken wings and serious blues headlined by a lively John Primer with a surprisingly excellent Joanna Conner providing two opening sets.
Sun am, went out for dim-sum at Three Happiness in Chinatown, a must-do for any Chicago trip. Ate so much we felt sick, then went to Shaumburg's Woodfield Mall and shopped a little more till we were ready to do the car ride again with some more Janet Evanovich before dark.
Chicago trip: Ten stars (out of five)
4 comments:
Wow, sounds like you had a super awesome time!
I guess there are advantages to having some money and no kids. Bah!
I was pretty sure that half way through the post, you were going to say "That is trip we'd of had if we were gazillionaires. But this is what we actually did..."
This was a true story. It sounds great.
mwz
"This was a true story." in my last comment was supposed to have a question mark. It completely makes me seem weird if that is just a statement (and not a question, which is what it is... a question).
ps. I always feel so smart when I can do the little word verification thing.
The hotel was about 1/3 off because nobody wants to get hotel rooms in January, but yeah, this fantastic trip was mostly courtesy of my Studly Hubby's fantastically paying job (which also allows him to afford the Animation Mentor program). Kudos to that!
We also have cheap rent, no kids, and no car payments so we're doing ok. I think we had the saddest looking car the valets had driven in quite a while though (our 1995 geo (considered our "new" car)). We also didn't quite know how to behave in such a fancy environment but fortunately the staff at the hotel were very friendly and didn't seem to mind.
I find word verification to be a bit tricky since it is swooshy looking and I don't always get it right. You are indeed smart when you can do it.
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