Been very quiet on the blog lately due to being out of town in Chicago last weekend and then swamped with work and after work activities this week. Below are some of the pics taken from cell phone during my trip. I met up with the inner circle crew for this trip. The inner circle consists of Stew, Sticky, McLovin and Mole Eyes (actual names and images have been concealed due to national security concerns).
Stew (your hero) and Sticky sojourned out to Chicago together and met up with McLovin and Mole eyes who came in from California. We got into Midway on Friday morning and checked in at the lovely holiday inn express and then grabbed lunch at Coaches bar and grill. Sampled a local variety of beer called 312 with lunch. Wasn't bad but kinda pricey which we would discover was the norm for libations throughout the city. After that we hopped on the El into downtown to meet up with Mole Eyes. McLovin was working from her company's Chicago office and met up with us later in the evening. The three of us ventured to Millennium park and saw the sites and then walked around lake shore dr and Michigan avenue checking out the buildings and amazing architecture.
We went back to the W Hotel where McLovin and Mole Eyes was staying and had some drinks. Stewman introduced the inner circle to his new favorite drink, Ginger Ale and Crown Royal.
McLovin eventually showed up and we had a few more drinks and then cabbed it to the recommended steakhouse called Kinzie Chop House McLovin made a generous offer to treat us all for dinner and we definitely took advantage eating some very tasty steaks, side dishes, appetizers and desserts on top of more drinks and a bottle of expensive wine (at least expensive to this wine novice). Thanks McLovin and check out Kinzie if ever in town, it was tasty and excellent service!!
After that we went to Gilt Night club for some more drinks. We wealked into a packed darkly lit restaurant/bar and quickly hit the bar up. Sticky and I were so confused on the beers as they had about 12 beers on tap and we only recognized 1 which was the PBR, not a favroites. We ordered one of the beers and it tasted awful so they let us trade it in for another that was much better but nothing special in itself. After that we sat and chatted and then McLovin started living up to her name and started chatting up some guys and Mole Eyes surprisingly started chatting up some ladies. Sticky and I hung out with Mole Eyes and the ladies. One of the ladies was drunk and angry after just getting dumped by her considerably younger boyfriend. She was a buzz kill and after McLovin exchanged some digits we followed her to Paris bar where she was meeting up with the guys from the last bar. This place had a nice vibe and a awesome DJ spinning some great tunes from the likes of Lykke Li, Florence and the machine and Mark Ronson. Sticky and I got a table and just chilled as it had been a long day for us since we had been up since 3:00am and had more than a few drinks. The ladies were chatting the guys up and after a hour or so Sticky and I exited the house and snagged a cab back to the hotel. The ladies eventually made it to their hotel later that night.
Woke up the next morning with a slight headache and somewhat dehydrated but overall felt fine. Called the ladies and it turns out Mole Eyes(this how she got the name) eyes were shut closed after some sort of allergic reaction with her contact solution and they were red and in pain. She stayed in the room for the day since we had the cubs game at night and McLovin joined Sticky and me at Giordano's We ordered a medium Pepperoni, Sausage and Black Olive deep dish. I had been waiting for this moment and it did not disappoint.
After that the three of us ventured to the Field Museum. We walked around for almost 3 hours and checked out the 3-D dinosaur movie discussing Sue, the T-?Rex. Impressive fossil of this gigantic creature.
We then cabbed it back to the W to pick up Mole Eyes and went to the friendly confines of Wrigley Field. I really liked the old feel of Wrigley and the smallness of the parks. A lot of history in this stadium. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate and we left after the 4th inning due to 30 degree weather (with windchill) and rain. The game was actually canceled after the 6th inning. Thanks to Sticky for treating us to the game, very nice of you. After that we ventured to wrigleyville and drank some more at a bar. We hung there for a few hours then migrated back to the W for more drinks and some late night appetizers. After that Sticky and I cabbed it back to the hotel and we flew home the next day. Overall fun trip, wish it could have been longer. Downtown Chicago is awesome.
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