Last days in Chicago
Thursday was St. Patrick’s Day and we believed that we would be in Chicago for the parade and when they dyed the river green. We were sad to learn that the parade however, was the Saturday before we got there. So we decided to walk around town again. We took a bus to the Field museum that also sits on Lake Michigan about a mile south of the Navy Pier. We spent a few hours walking around looking at Native American and Eskimo artifacts and the fossils of the best preserved dinosaur; a Tyrannosaurs named Sue.
After the museum we got back on the bus and headed for Michigan Avenue, a stretch of shopping and attractions in downtown Chicago nicknamed "The Magnificat Mile". While walking around looking at random shit we decided to have lunch in an Irish bar called O’Neil’s; we figured we should have at least one beer on St. Patty’s Day. So we ordered a couple of sandwiches and beers and waited about an hour until we finally got our food. This ended up being our only crappy experience in town as we paid almost $50 for 3 beers, an order of potato skins, and 2 sandwiches that took an hour to arrive; man we were pissed when we left.
We spent the rest of the day walking around and ended up retiring to our hotel room early to rest up for the next day’s traveling. I almost forgot to mention our hotel. The Amalfi sits just 4 blocks from Lake Michigan and is totally sweet. This was one of the nicest hotels that I have ever stayed at. It had Egyptian cotton sheets, a great view, and really nice decor. Furthermore, each morning came with an awesome breakfast spread laid out on every floor. The hotel sits across the street from the Broadcast Arts Museum, Harry Carey’s, and the House of Blues. It was central to everything we wanted to see and could walk to almost anywhere.
The next morning it was time to head out for the second leg of our trip. We walked around in downtown for a brief time then headed back to our hotel, packed up, and headed for the El. We took the train back to Midway where we picked up our rental car and hit the road to Lisa’s mom’s house.
The drive from Chicago to Lansing takes about 4 hours and takes you East around the lake, through Indiana, and into Michigan. The drive went well, there wasn’t much to look at. A lot of Bush-Cheney Stickers, and pick-up trucks. We stopped at a Wendy’s just outside of Gary Indiana and I got some pretty weird looks; I don’t think people are used to seeing stretched ears. One odd thing that I did notice is that the Wendy’s had little disposable ashtrays available so you could smoke inside; very odd to me. Anyway, the drive went smoothly and we arrived at Lisa’s mom’s house at around 5pm. That’s when the real fun began! But I’ll save that for later.
I hope your all well,
Happy birthday to Cristina,
See ya’ll soon,
-Mike
After the museum we got back on the bus and headed for Michigan Avenue, a stretch of shopping and attractions in downtown Chicago nicknamed "The Magnificat Mile". While walking around looking at random shit we decided to have lunch in an Irish bar called O’Neil’s; we figured we should have at least one beer on St. Patty’s Day. So we ordered a couple of sandwiches and beers and waited about an hour until we finally got our food. This ended up being our only crappy experience in town as we paid almost $50 for 3 beers, an order of potato skins, and 2 sandwiches that took an hour to arrive; man we were pissed when we left.
We spent the rest of the day walking around and ended up retiring to our hotel room early to rest up for the next day’s traveling. I almost forgot to mention our hotel. The Amalfi sits just 4 blocks from Lake Michigan and is totally sweet. This was one of the nicest hotels that I have ever stayed at. It had Egyptian cotton sheets, a great view, and really nice decor. Furthermore, each morning came with an awesome breakfast spread laid out on every floor. The hotel sits across the street from the Broadcast Arts Museum, Harry Carey’s, and the House of Blues. It was central to everything we wanted to see and could walk to almost anywhere.
The next morning it was time to head out for the second leg of our trip. We walked around in downtown for a brief time then headed back to our hotel, packed up, and headed for the El. We took the train back to Midway where we picked up our rental car and hit the road to Lisa’s mom’s house.
The drive from Chicago to Lansing takes about 4 hours and takes you East around the lake, through Indiana, and into Michigan. The drive went well, there wasn’t much to look at. A lot of Bush-Cheney Stickers, and pick-up trucks. We stopped at a Wendy’s just outside of Gary Indiana and I got some pretty weird looks; I don’t think people are used to seeing stretched ears. One odd thing that I did notice is that the Wendy’s had little disposable ashtrays available so you could smoke inside; very odd to me. Anyway, the drive went smoothly and we arrived at Lisa’s mom’s house at around 5pm. That’s when the real fun began! But I’ll save that for later.
I hope your all well,
Happy birthday to Cristina,
See ya’ll soon,
-Mike
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