I visited the "bean" in Chicago's Millennium Park on Monday night after training.
I noticed that Chicago had a Cosi restaurant- one of my favorite breakfast places ever. We had one in my office in Boston and I went there- A LOT! I told Jackson that we just had to dine there this morning...so we did! :) It did not disappoint.
We could not have been visiting the city on a more beautiful day. The above photo was my view while eating my breakfast. It was awesome. I LOVE big cities.
We talked over to Millennium Park again so that Jackson could see the "bean" sculpture, too. They also had these walls of water that kids were playing in. It looked really fun! The faces on the walls were a little creepy, though.
I love the bean! If you're interested in the how/ why of the bean, you can read about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate
From the park we headed to Navy Pier to explore. We intended to walk, but got all turned around. The world's nicest cabbie (I'm not kidding. He was a dream!) picked us up and whisked us over to the pier. It was super nice!
The views of the city from the pier were phenomenal.
I really love skylines from the water. It was just such a gorgeous day today that my photos almost look fake to me!
We took a water taxi from the pier to the Willis (Sears) Tower. I intended for us to get to go up to its 103rd floor observatory, but the line was 1.5 hours long so we skipped that. Bummer. We did, however, eat at a great stir fry place in the Tower that was awesome. The last time that I was in Chicago they were building the Trump Tower pictured above. It is now complete and gorgeous.
I was fascinated by these cars that were backed in to this circular parking garage. Isn't that wild?!
I was blown away by how odd this building was! Anyway, we walked around the city for a while this afternoon and then called it a day and headed back towards Indianapolis. It was a really fun, short getaway. I now love the Windy City and I used to always say it was my least favorite. Go figure!
I visited the "bean" in Chicago's Millennium Park on Monday night after training.
I noticed that Chicago had a Cosi restaurant- one of my favorite breakfast places ever. We had one in my office in Boston and I went there- A LOT! I told Jackson that we just had to dine there this morning...so we did! :) It did not disappoint.
We could not have been visiting the city on a more beautiful day. The above photo was my view while eating my breakfast. It was awesome. I LOVE big cities.
We talked over to Millennium Park again so that Jackson could see the "bean" sculpture, too. They also had these walls of water that kids were playing in. It looked really fun! The faces on the walls were a little creepy, though. 
I love the bean! If you're interested in the how/ why of the bean, you can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate
From the park we headed to Navy Pier to explore. We intended to walk, but got all turned around. The world's nicest cabbie (I'm not kidding. He was a dream!) picked us up and whisked us over to the pier. It was super nice!
The views of the city from the pier were phenomenal.
I really love skylines from the water. It was just such a gorgeous day today that my photos almost look fake to me!
We took a water taxi from the pier to the Willis (Sears) Tower. I intended for us to get to go up to its 103rd floor observatory, but the line was 1.5 hours long so we skipped that. Bummer. We did, however, eat at a great stir fry place in the Tower that was awesome. The last time that I was in Chicago they were building the Trump Tower pictured above. It is now complete and gorgeous.
I was fascinated by these cars that were backed in to this circular parking garage. Isn't that wild?!
I was blown away by how odd this building was! Anyway, we walked around the city for a while this afternoon and then called it a day and headed back towards Indianapolis. It was a really fun, short getaway. I now love the Windy City and I used to always say it was my least favorite. Go figure!
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