Weekend in Chicago; Part 2

On Saturday we woke up early and headed to the Sears Tower to avoid the long wait. We were able to walk right in and make our way up to the 103 floor to the sky deck.

{view from the Sky Deck}

After the Sky Deck we walked to the theater district to take a picture of the Chicago Theater sign. And we had some breakfast at a cute little French cafe.

We didn't really know what to do with the rest of our time so we decided to take a cab to the Shedd Aquarium. It was about a $12 cab ride including tip and it was about an hour wait to get into the place! If we hadn't paid for the cab we probably would not have gone on it. I love seeing the whales and marine life but it is SO cruel to keep them locked up like this.

Our evening was pretty uneventful. Since we don't get cable at home, like I mentioned in my How to Save Money post, I spent my evening watching HGTV and only got about 3 hours of sleep before we needed to be up for the shuttle to the airport :)

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Weekend in Chicago; Part 1

How was everyone’s 4^th of July weekend? Ours was busy yet full of naps and we had GREAT weather! We started the weekend with a 7am flight to Chicago; once we landed we took a shuttle to our hotel, checked in, and then headed out into the city. We walked to the Sears Tower (Willis Tower) but the wait for the sky deck was 2 hours! We said, “ain’t nobody got time for that!” So we walked to Buckingham Fountain. This whole area was blocked off in preparation for the Taste of Chicago (July 9 – 13) and reminded us of I am Legend … kind of creepy.

{Buckingham Fountain}

{are we on the set for I am Legend?}

 After the fountain we meandered through Millennium Park and took pictures with The Bean and then we made our way to Navy Pier. The pier was pretty packed, I’m sure in preparation for the nights festivities. So we walked along and stopped at a few places for food and drinks.

{The Bean}

{view from Navy Pier}

Once we were done at the pier we made our way back to the hotel and took a little nap. In the evening we headed out for some famous deep dish pizza at Gino’s East! It was delicious! I was even licking up the sauce off the plate!

{Gino's East deep dish pizza}

We headed back to Buckingham Fountain to watch the fireworks display and I have to say we were both majorly bummed by the show. There wasn’t any music, there wasn’t any HUGE display. It honestly looked like something someone would put on in their backyard (for us Texans at least). Way to keep the nickname Second City Chicago. 

{Chicago Fireworks}

{Houston Fireworks, source}

{Houston Fireworks, source}

{NYC Macy's Fireworks show, source}

{NYC Macy's Fireworks show, source}

What are some things that you have done when you've been to Chicago? 

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The Windy City

Soon we’re heading to The Windy City, Chi-Town, Second City…or the city where my two new favorite TV shows are filmed (Chicago Fire and Chicago PD). We have the main attractions on the itinerary like: Navy Pier, Willis Tower, Hancock Tower, Millennium Park and a few other places. And if we have bad weather we’ll head to some museums and maybe hit up a bowling alley! Don’t make fun – I love to bowl! As far as food goes I have a few places saved on my TripAdvisor map, one being Gino’s East to get some deep dish pizza!

{Photo by Andy New, Source}

I also plan to look and see if Chicago Fire and PD will be filming close to the downtown area and maybe I get a sneak peak of the cast :P

What else should we do while we’re in Chicago? I would love your suggestions and ideas!

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