We had been toying with the idea of meeting Scott and Emily somewhere once Scott's school work was done in April, before he had to start work. Las Vegas seemed an obvious choice, but it's not like we hadn't been there quite a bit in the past few years. When the possibility of Chicago came up, I jumped at it. It's the most major U.S. city I've never been to, outside a few days for business and a wedding, all in the outer suburbs.
We were finally able to lock in a date, the weekend of April 23, for our trip. Scott found a good rate for a hotel from within Canada and airfares were very decent for us, under $200 RT.
Other than getting to visit a very cool city, the big draw for this trip is get Scott and Emily to ourselves for a few days to pepper them with so many questions that have been building up about what to expect in China, but especially Taiwan. We've been wondering about her family history, what will be expected of us during our stay with them, what we should bring as gifts, etc. etc. I'm not sure they're prepared for our onslaught!
There will be so much to see in Chicago, that we'll just scratch the surface, but what will be cool is to have two architects be our tours guides. They've been to Chicago before and apparently like it very much. The weather could be iffy, but as I like to say, "There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing!" I've got on my tentative itinerary to see Millenium Park and The Bean (above), Hancock Tower (oh, do they have a cocktail lounge all the way up there?), architectural boat tour, Sunday brunch in a cool neighborhood, perhaps Andersonville, Chicago Art Institute, Wrigley Field, deep dish pizza and Chicago style hot dog, and Saturday dinner at John's old favorite, Gene and Georgetti's.
Ah, life's incomplete if I don't have a trip "in the bag!"
1 comments:
Hancock has a lounge on the 95th or 96th floor. And that way you don't have to pay to see the city either!
I love Chicago! It's only a 5 hour drive for us. Hope you have a wonderful time.
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