Two and Three Weeks Ago

Tiffany and I went to Chicago a few weekends ago just to go. It has been a city that I have always wanted to visit and we found some really cheap flights so we said why not? We took the metro from Chicago-Midway into the city and walked around trying to get our bearings before heading down to Navy Pier. I am sure that during the summer it is full of activity, but we were there on a cold windy night. There were still people out and about and lots of folks going out on dinner cruises. We walked the length of the pier and had dinner at one of the restaurants along the way. We also stopped to take this picture with the downtown skyline.

We stopped in Giordano's Pizza as recommended by some of the locals for authentic Chicago style pizza. Little did we know that it takes 45 minutes to prepare an authentic Chicago style pizza. We didn't mind the wait. The style of pizza, is...different. I really didn't care for it to be honest. I will stick to traditional or New York style any day of the week.

We did of course go to the top of the Sears tower. I was a little disappointed that they didn't have roof access, but that is probably due to the frequency of wind or something. BTW, it is no longer the world's tallest building, the tower in Dubai passed it up this year.


Justin came into town two weekends ago since we had some rapid rewards coupons that were going to expire if they weren't used by the end of the month. We went to a club in Georgetown one night, shot some billiards in Adams Morgan on another night, and went to some museums during the day. We also met up with Justin's friend Carrie who lives in the District and went to a Vegan restaurant that is (unbeknown to me) a few blocks away from me. Luckily they had pancakes so I didn't starve. They were wheat of course, but actually pretty good. One of the nights, we went to a mystery dinner theater. It was a country western theme and Justin was selected as one of the volunteers to participate in a few contests. In this picture, Justin is attempting to shoot a card off of the top of the guys head. He missed. He was able to lasso the guy though in a different event. It was a fun weekend.