Chicago

 

Nathan, George and I walked to Walgreens.  Nathan had to get a contact lens case. 

It was fun to see familiar murals.

We met the gang at Wolf & Co for breakfast.  It is a dog friendly place.  We sat out on the deck.  I had an instant oatmeal & OJ.  Nathan's was the prettiest and the messiest.

Kouign-amann, (pronounced Queen-ah-mahn) is a traditional pastry from Brittany, France. It translates to "butter cake" .  This was definitely a variation.  Other people had different pastries.  When we were done with breakfast we walked along the Bloomington Neighborhood Trail or the 606 Trail.  That was fun.  

We went back to Linda and Aaron's place while we tried to decide on a plan. 

Linda's tomato plant.  

More of Linda's garden.

Pam and Linda

The house across the street with its skeleton and zombie.

We had a plan.  We went to the Blue line train again.  It is a breeze now that I know how to use it.  We took it to the Lake and Clark stop.  

We were going to do the First Lady Architecture River Cruise but first we crossed the street to go to the Billy Goat's Tavern & Grill. The basic menu choice was cheeseburgers.

Cheezborger, Cheezborger, Cheezborger!! (From a Saturday night sketch with John Belushi) 

It was very hot in the restaurant.  Luckily, the food came quickly and we did not hang around long.  Our reservation for the River Cruise was 2 pm.  We were supposed to be there at 1:30 pm

It was also starting to get hot.  It was nice in the shade.  We waited in the shade until it was time to board our boat. 

My favorite was the St Regis.

Mary was our docent.  She was pretty good.  It was hot though.  Nathan and I had a Midway Mule.  That was refreshing.  

After the cruise we headed back out to the Wicker Park area.  We had to walk a ways to get to the Blue Line. It was nice that it goes directly to our hotel.

We took a short break and then went over to Linda and Aaron's at 5:30 pm.  

We've been taking the stairs since we are only on the 4th floor.  This sign is on the wall at each floor. It goes to the outside of the building and then we have to come back into the building if we are meeting in the lobby.

We had a nice glass of wine and ordered take out from an Indian Restaurant around the block, Vajra. It was quite a feast.

Nice family photo!!

After dinner we played a few games.

 Jamie LOVED the first game we played. He perked up with 10 9, 8 (though with 7 of us it was 7 6, 5).

After Pam beat us all, we left to go back to the hotel.