I'm back again. August has come around in true fashion. After a summer of mild weather (it spoiled us really), the HEAT is on and so is the humidity. I can take heat, but with today's humidity I did not do much outside.
Day two in Chicago was quite fun. We started early and beat the crowd to the Lincoln Park Zoo. Turns out, we beat the animals to the zoo also. Most of them were in hiding I think. Even though our children LOVE animals, they didn't want to spend long at the zoo. We made the decision that we would NOT be going to visit Shedd aquarium on zoo day. Somehow we couldn't justify spending $70 plus to visit for an hour or so.
We left the zoo and went to the Oak Street Beach. The OSB gets high marks from me! If you didn't turn around to see the skyline, you wouldn't know you were in Illinois. There are beautiful palm trees and a cafe right there. We ate lunch there before testing out the water. The sun was great and we got some color. Unfortunately, I failed to put sunblock on my nose. Therefore, I still look like Rudolph. The water was cool and refreshing!
Dinner was yummy at Quartino's (italian). The downside to Quartino's for me was that I could not decipher most of the menu. They made it more fancy sounding than the dish actually turned out to be. The funniest thing about Q's is that they have bathroom valets/attendants.
Josh took Keirah to the restroom there and she was assisted in handwashing by the B V. She brought back some candy to the table. On the rest of our trip she thought that every time she visited a restroom at a restaurant, she would get a piece of candy.
We spent time walking around the city. Chicago is gorgeous at night with all of the buildings lit up!
Enjoy a few pictures from Day 2 and stay tuned for fun on day 3!
A few notes: I have no idea who the people in the pics are below at the beach, but just overlook it =).
Keirah is potty trained, however she wears a swimmer at the beach/pool to assist in keeping her bottoms up and to make sure she doesn't moon the beachgoers. As you can see, she needs more than just a swimmer =).
4 comments:
It looks so pretty! The beaches here are so over crowded that it's just not fun. Great pictures!
looks like the tropics!
I have been to New York, LA, Dallas, Denver, Salt Lake City, Washington D.C., and Boston along with several other big cities and, in my mind, not one of them measures up to the beauty that is Chicago. Night or day, the city sparkles and beckons you to come take a look. It didn't used to be that way several years ago but Mayor Daly, despite what you may think of his politics, has made it a great and beautiful place! One of my favorite places is Millenium Park.
Post a Comment