Wednesday, May 2, 2018

sassy savvy tired travelers

After a monumental 24+ hrs traveling we arrived in Chicago town a couple of days ago ! we have ditched  the jet lag and once again we find ourselves very much at home in this  electric city ! Chicago for us is about family, as we come to see Bonnie , Ted and the boys , Bonnie lived with my family for a year in Oz  in 1984 as an exchange student ,she is my sister from another mister ! This is my 5th visit to the windy city and whilst there are many things to do i love nothing more than being able to catch up ,relax and just hang with the Grossman clan ! 
Day one we did revisit some of our favorite places including a visit to a recently uncovered keith Haring mural painted by Keith and over 400 local high school student in the late 80s!  we also saw the worlds largest Tiffany Dome , stunning !
The weather was so perfect ,a cloud free sky and a balmy 26° ! Spring has really sprung and the gardens are bursting into life , blooms dot the sidewalks , tulips , hyacines ,pansys and daffodils! we headed to Millenium Park the home of the sculpture named Cloud Gate ,or as the locals know it "The Bean " A huge silver mirrored like 3D bean sculpture by Indian-born British artist Sir Anish Kapoor, the Bean is the centerpiece of AT&T Plaza at Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, illinois i , free of charge ,open to the public,  it is a must see if you get to chicago! 
our afternoon was spent wandering the shops on Michigan Ave , so many bargains ! if you love a good shop for lables  at warehouse prices you can't beat , Burlington's ( formally known as the Burlington Coat Factory) and TJ Maxx , huge discount clothing and shoe outlets ! i managed to gather a few much needed bargains , lol lol !!  as we sat and chatted i truly appreciate my friendship with Bon and just how lucky we are to have entered each other lives so long ago ! we had a great dinner at Vincent's , a local resturant nearby where bonnie lives in Andersonville , dishes range from $16-$38 and they have a speciality Mussel menu !  it's a  trendy place that has s real charm , we ate outside in the open air as the night could not have been more perfect ! 


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