Chicago

I recently had the opportunity to attend a conference in Chicago. What a beautiful city. While there I had a chance to go on a tour of the city by boat on the Chicago river then out to Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan is incredible and just huge! It really looked like the ocean to me with waves and no opposite shoreline visible. The tour of the city highlighted the beautiful architecture of the city. It was great! Also, while I was there, I got a chance to walk down Michigan avenue and windowshop; shops that were way, way out of my price range. I was also able to visit a fire department and get my hot husband his very own, authentic Chicago fire department t-shirt. It really was a fun visit of the city, oh, and the conference was great also. :-)

So of course I have to start the pictures with food and eating. We ate at so many fun and yummy restaurants while there, it was great! While in Chicago we had the famous Chicago deep dish style pizza, we had a famous Chicago hot dog, and we went to Greek town and had authentic Gyro's. All good stuff.

Here's a picture of our famous deep dish pizza. This pizza is to die for I tell ya! It was basically crust and then swimming with tons, and tons of mozzarella cheese with a little sauce. So, so good.

Here's the start of our tour of the Chicago river. Behind me is the river and the boat we went on. The hotel I stayed at is right across the street.






















One of the buildings we floated by going on our boat tour. Two incredible round buildings.. and very tall.



















This huge building fills an entire city block and has it's own fire and police departments. It houses 30,000+ employees.




















Out of Lake Michigan looking at the Chicago skyline. Doesn't it look like an ocean? Pretty dang cool.





















This is the inside of the government building. Can you guess what it's designed to look like? huh? Not able to guess? It's designed to look like an American flag. The picture doesn't do justice but it really is super cool.






















On the top of the Sears tower.... freaking way up high. Had a hard time keeping my lunch down standing so close to the window there. Yikes!


















I was able to visit this 100 year old fire house right in the heart of downtown Chicago. The guys there were very nice and I was able to get an official fire dept. t-shirt for Todd.

I should have gotten pictures of me drooling over the shoes in the stores on Michigan Avenue and other great clothing items. If you get a chance to visit Chicago take a walk down Michigan Avenue.... loved the shoes. :-)