Chicago

I hadn't showered in.....3 days?

Made in MA for 1893 Chicago World's Fair. About women's rights. Yeah!

We went through Chicago on Friday (May 31). It was a very short visit (we had both been there before, and we were excited to get on to Madison to see Tim’s sister). Our only goal was to find the best deep dish pizza in Chicago and eat some lunch. We also had a couple of hours to kill before Tim's sister got out of work, so we decided to walk around the Navy Pier. For people who have never been there, it reminds me a little bit of Faneuil Hall in Boston, but newer and a smidge more touristy. It was a lot of fun. We saw the stained glass museum (so cool!), a lot of boats, and a very interesting garden inside of a glass building (the Crystal Gardens). The stained glass museum had really interesting pieces from medieval times to present day. It occurred to me that Chicago is known for its architecture, so it would make sense that they would really appreciate stained glass and its use as art. 

We still hadn’t had lunch, so when we left, we were on our way to Lou Malnati’s, a Chicago pizza joint (many locations, we were going to the one outside the city). It was only 2 o’clock by this time, so we were surprised to see that traffic was piling up going into the city. Now, if any of you have ever driven in Chicago, please tell me what you thought of it, because Tim and I got lost and quite frustrated. We got outside the city (probably 20-30 minutes) and then turned around inadvertently and drove ALL THE WAY back into the city—in awful traffic—for two hours (although, I fell asleep for part of this…oops!). Needless to say, we got to Madison later than we were hoping; and we saw some more of the city…without really wanting to. BUT, we STILL did not use the GPS to get us out of our jam! Maps all the way; Tim called me the map boss and said that he should listen to me more because then we wouldn’t get lost so much. :-)

I especially love the socks.

Pizza was delicious and totally worth the long wait. We had so much leftovers that we brought it to Wisconsin and had it for breakfast for the next three days.

Love, Bonnie