High Rise Shopping in Chicago

It's a good thing I take pictures on a trip or I would never remember what I did!!

 

We slept in Sunday morning and then rushed around to get out the door to take the subway to the other end of the Magnificent Mile!  The subway system still amazes me and I guess if you lived in the city and took it all the time, it would be easy - but it was confusing for me and I'm glad Teri could figure out how to buy the tickets and get where we're going!!

 

We got on the last car of the subway and noticed there was only one guy sitting there so thought it would be a great place to sit - NOT!!  As soon as we sat down, there in front of us on the seat and mostly on the floor is a pile of vomit - yikes - not a great way to start the morning!!

 

Breakfast was at an extremely popular and busy place - we chose to sit outside where we could get served faster and the meal was excellent!!  Then it was off to Sprinkles, a cupcake place where we picked out a couple of cupcakes to the tune of $3.50 apiece to take back to the room and later enjoy!  Who knew that cupcakes would become so popular????

 

Instead of coffee this morning, Teri took us to Ghiradelli's Chocolate where we all ordered a different type of cocoa and sat in the sun and enjoyed it!!  They had every type of chocolate imaginable in this place and I could have easily bought a LOT of chocolate there but I refrained!!

 

Next was just walking down the street and peeking into all of the fancy stores!!  We walked into a few like Saks and Tiffany's but actually felt quite out of place!!  Patty found a dress that sold for around $5700  and we would have looked further but a nice gentleman was standing there watching every move we made - kind of unnerving.............

One shop was American Made things and this wall of old sewing machines was something else!!  I've never seen so many in one place before!!

It was strange going into stores and knowing that instead of being all spread out on one level, the places were tall and skinny and went up!!  WAY UP!!  A lot of them had at least 12 floors!!

After all that walking, we needed something sweet so stopped and indulged in ice cream - yum!!

The old building below is one of the few remaining buildings that survived the Chicago fire - it's strange to see that against the modern skyscrapers.

We actually dressed up a little bit late afternoon and walked to the oldest Italian restaurant in Chicago - the atmosphere was delightful - the drinks were great (I had Sangria) - and the Italian food was yummy!  We toasted to Patty's upcoming birthday and we all shared tiramisu for dessert.

And then we were off to see The Book of Mormon - going to a Broadway musical is always fun and getting to see one in Chicago was really special!!  The singing and dancing was fantastic - language was a little rough at times - but all in all we thoroughly enjoyed the production!!  What a fun evening it was!!

After walking back to our hotel, we decided to have a drink in the bar - I think the copper on the bar was a little much for my camera, considering it was pretty dark in there!!

Tired but happy, we all slept great that night and woke up knowing that the suitcases had to be packed!!  We found a great little place for breakfast and then walked a couple more blocks to get some coffee before our last walk around the park!!

More cute art work - whoever thinks up these creative ideas??

Before we knew it, it was time to head to the subway station again where Patty and I said our goodbyes to Teri - she headed to take the train and Patty and I headed to the Chicago airport!

We arrived way earlier than what we needed to but enjoyed having some lunch and just visiting!  Patty's plane kept getting delayed every time we looked and by the time I boarded my plane for Denver, I thought she would be stuck there for another couple hours!!  But they did find another plane and she actually got home the same time as she expected to!!

What a great 4 day weekend with 2 of the best sisters ever!!!  Lots of memories to relive and more to look forward too!!