Good Day Chicago! Here I am on Day 2 of Chicago with my girlfriends. Today is Friday. Veronica and I decided to work out this morning. I wanted to enjoy the food and not gain any weight since I have a wedding the Sunday I fly back. The hotel's gym was small but efficient enough for us. After working out, Veronica and I stopped by the breakfast room where we grabbed bagels, toasts, yogurts, and fruits to bring back to our rooms. After showering, we headed to one of the Hop On & Off Tour stops - which was a few blocks from our hotel - and we caught the Signature Tour. There was so much architecture history in the tour and it was completely worth taking.
We then stopped into the famous Sears Tower now known as Willis Tower. We took the elevator to the 106th floor where I pushed Lily - who had a fear of heights - into the glass boxes that extends a little over 4 feet out of building to give the person standing in the box the feeling of floating 1,353 feet in the air. The view was nice, but I have jumped out of a plane 15,000 feet in the air before so this is nothing compared to that.
By afternoon, the sun came out and we headed to Millenium Park where the famous Cloud Gate a.k.a. The Bean was housed along with the Jay Pritzker Pavillion where free concerts were held.
After visiting Millenium Park, we headed back towards our hotel for lunch at Lou Malnati's. They are famous for their deep dish Chicago pizza. Veronica and I shared the Lou deep dish and Lily created her own. The pizza was not what I expected, I am a NY style pizza kind of girl, but the crust on the Lou wasn't heavy on the bread side so I enjoyed it. Not the best pizza I had, but still better than the deep dish I've had in California.
We took a break at our hotel where I took a 30 minute nap. After the nap we headed back out and headed to do some souvenir shopping. The Hop On & Off Tour also gave us discounts to free samples and t-shirts. We took the opportunity to learn the train systems and found some neat gift shops. We then headed back to the hotel to get ready for "Let Them Eat Chaos" at The Second City famous for producing comedians as Tina Fey, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and John Candy. The show was hilarious, but the venue was small and they stuffed us like sardines. We took the taxi back since we got out a little before midnight and didn't want to deal with drunks on the L train. It was a $10 ride ($7 + tip).
Today I found out that I am great at figuring public transportation out, especially subways and trains. See you tomorrow!
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