trip report fri 1st--fri 8th

fri 1st checked into hotel (club quarters on adams) in aft..started

pouring down ! ate at hotels bar(elephant and castle) in eve.

sat 2nd out early for 9am open top bus from sears.also did the ethnic tour which is included.lunch at bennigans(just off wacker)check out the mini cheeseburgers !! navy pier in aft..water taxi back to sears.back to np at night.ate at riva and watched the fireworks

sun 3rd bf at lou mitchells which was great.it was already busy at 8am ! went to wrigley field as the cubs were playing.didnt go to the game as i have been to a game before in s.f. and didnt understand it...seemed to be a good atmosphere around the ground.went to castaways bar for lunch on north beach.down to navy pier late aft and went on seadog speedboat(didnt seem to go as fast as we thought it might)the gospel music festival was on in mp so we shot over and sat and watched that for a while.ate at lou malnattis at night which was good(great cheese garlic bread)

mon 4th aquarium and field museum in morning(ate at corner bakery in mus) tried to get into soldier field for a look round but all locked up.why no ground tours? shopping in aft...usual suspects -levi store,niketown,adidas,macys. went on the odyssey dinner cruise in evening.good food and service.we paid the extra to book a window table and thought it was worth it.

tue 5th c/out hotel and moved to hilton towers on michigan(dvd put us on to a good deal but more about that later) fox and obel for lunch.very good.shopped at np for chicago souvenirs and got water taxi to aquarium.10 mins walk from hotel.ate at hotel bar,kitty o sheas and went to see wicked in eve..very good show.nice theatre.

wed 6th lincoln park zoo in morn.great zoo for no admission fee.lovely park.walked back to beachstro on north beach for lunch(great waffle fries)on the way up we walked thru gold coast area houses and down the beach on way back.both great walks. aft architectural boat tour..spoilt slightly as it started raining.in eve went to chinatown which we would say was dissapointing. seemed a bit rough and not all restaurants were open.having said that we did have a nice meal in royal dragon.

thurs 7th easy day ! boiling hot.sat out on oak beach in morning.went to signature room for lunch.we opted for the buffet at $18 which was good. rode the el round loop in aft on brown line just to see things differently.stopped off at grant park to watch some bands at the blues festival not really my thing but they were good.ate at carmines on rush st in eve.we thought that was only ok.

fri 8th packing in the morn.went to grill in the park for lunch(great kobe burger) and thats it..all thats left for me to say is thanks to all you local experts but especially dvd and dave 148...they really do know their stuff...chicago is a great city and anybody thinking about going stop thinking and book it

trip report fri 1st--fri 8th

also forgot to say....went down to the oceans 13 prem on illinois st.didnt really see much but it was a laugh..and also saw jerry springer in the hancock centre !!! go jerry