We have been SO LUCKY so far with this great weather! All the locals seem to be so confused since it is the second week of January and there has been less than an inch of snow. Woo hoo! Jason and I decided to take advantage and go see the sights of Chicago. It was an amazing day!
We drove in on Lake Shore Drive. You can see what a beautiful day it was, we could see the skyline from miles away...
With the lake and the Gold Coast off to the left it was incredible!
We crossed the Chicago River and got a great shot of the Trump Tower and Chicago's downtown...
We decided out first stop was Willis Tower, otherwise known as Sears Tower.
It was so tall it hurt my neck to look up from the street! Incredible!
We went out on the SkyDeck which is 1,300 feet above ground. Thats the 103rd floor!
Lets just say the elevator ride to the top was a little nauseating!
We realized how lucky we were to have a clear day to see all the way back to Wisconsin and even to Indiana! It was pretty amazing, I have to admit...
After what seemed like waiting hours in line for the SkyDeck, we were hungry and Jason let me choose where we should eat lunch...
I thought about the best place I could go to eat and feel like a "local" in Chicago...
Then it came to me...
Trump Tower!!!
Really I just wanted to see inside of the billion dollar hotel... and it was beautiful! Luckily there was a restaurant on the 16th floor that we could eat a "light" lunch at...
(By "light" I of course mean in the amount of food, not dollars spent, haha funny, right Jason?)
The views were great of the Chicago River, you can see the bridge we drove across earlier in the day at the mouth of the river.
And it was neat to see the architecture of some of the older buildings at eye level. We want to come back in the spring and sit on the terrace which is supposed to be fantastic on a warm day.
All the decor inside was amazing and very high end. I found a light fixture that I want in my next home...
And look, my drink even matched my nail polish! I think I must belong here...
After lunch we walked to Marshall Fields which is now one of Macy's flagship stores. It takes up a whole block and the building is over 100 years old.
Here is the plaque on the corner of the building...
And the Tiffany glass dome in the center of the store. It was like shopping in a museum!
Right next door was the Chicago theatre with the famous Chicago sign, the pictures just don't do it justice...
We were so excited because we saw that Kathy Griffin was on the marquee for a show later this month! She is my favorite comedienne and we try to see her whenever we can, well I do, Jason just does it to be nice. What a good husband...
On our walk we smelled delicious Garrett's Popcorn, which is apparently a chicago staple. Of course we had to get some "Chicago Mix" which is cheese and carmel popcorn mixed. It was surprisingly good!
It was a very fun and romantic day!
Later on that week, however...
Remember what I said about us being so lucky with the weather?
I was wrong...
I jinxed it...
I need to just keep my mouth shut!!!!
Its going to be a long winter!!!!
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Milwaukee, WI
