All Good Things Must Come To An End...

Spring Break is officially over. Well, technically it was over on Thursday night when we got home. We had a fabulous time! Chicago is a great city. We parked the car all week and just walked and took the bus everywhere we needed to go. Oh. My. Word. I haven't walked that many miles in a LONG time. And toting around all this extra weight is not an easy thing to do!! Whew! It definitely took it's toll, but I would do it again in a heart beat. It was just too fun.

We did lots of fun things while in Chicago. We shopped a lot, ate even more, museum hopped, took tours and the girls went to see Mary Poppins while the guys went to see A Bronx Tale. Mary Poppins was fantastic!!! The woman who played her was perfect. She flew through the air and everything. The theatre was gorgeous. It was a wonderful night out.

We also saw a celebrity!! Well, kind of, I guess. Husby and I watch Rick Bayless on PBS every Saturday morning. He is a mexican food chef and we drool each time we watch. We found out his two restaurants are in Chicago, so we were going to go one day for lunch. We just happened to pick the day that it was closed all day. Well, as we were standing in front of the place deciding where to eat instead, I backed away from my family's huddle to people watch. I saw a man coming toward me that looked JUST like Rick Bayless. My thought? "How ironic!" Well, as he got closer and our eyes met, I realized it WAS HIM! I whispered quickly to my family and we all turned to look. Mom snapped a few pictures and the mail lady who was delivering mail to his place started snapping pictures with her phone! She said she delivers there every day and has never seen him before. She was just as excited as I was! What are the chances that he would be walking in front of his restaurant, on the day that it's closed, just as we were there?! So fun!

We ended up eating there the next day and it was fabulous.

We also ate at Billy Goat Tavern - made famous by the SNL skit "cheezeborger, cheezeborger, no fries - COKE!" It was delicious and such a fun experience! I told the guy I wanted a cheeseburger and he said "no, you get a double". I looked at him confused and he said, "trust me, double is better". He did that to all of us girls. I don't know why a single is an option if you can't get it! Ha!

We stayed at The Drake hotel, built in 1921 and it was absolutely GORGEOUS! The girls all had high tea there on our last day. It was amazing.

St. Patty's day festivities went on everywhere we went! The river was green, the fountains were green, everything was green.

I didn't take many pictures because I only brought my big camera and it was heavy to lug around since we walked everywhere. We crammed so much in the 5 days that we were there that I couldn't possibly tell you about it all. We had a wonderful time and I am so glad we were able to do this before the baby comes!