Chicago 2010

As most people know, we had to bypass the beach this year (due to oil spill and hurricane) and decided last minute to head to Chicago for the week.  WHAT A GREAT DECISION!!!  Matt and I had such a great time!!  We decided this would be one of those places that we would love to go every year, if just for a long weekend.  We ate well (Cape Cod's, Harry Caray's Tavern, Sushi Samba, Tavern on Rush, etc.), enjoyed lots of shopping, spent time at the Shedd Aquarium, hung out down on Navy Pier, and went to a Cubs game. It was a jam packed couple of days but it was really relaxing not to have any plans and to be able to do whatever we wanted. We even found time for our afternoon naps! Below are tons of pictures!

This was the hotel we stayed in, right off of Michigan Avenue

Our first night we ate at Cape Cod's in the Drake Hotel.

I ordered crab legs (my favorite). I had the bib & all.

They were by far the biggest and BEST crab legs I have ever eaten!

My handsome husband...

They asked us if we were in town celebrating anything...

We told them our anniversary was in a month, and look what they brought us!?

They were so sweet!!

Full and ready to go back to the hotel and crash!

We spent the next day at the Shedd Aquarium and then down on the pier.

I loved the view, it was a beautiful day.

It was around 75 degrees everyday!

Inside the aquarium, the live coral reefs.

Gigantic Octopus

Sting ray

There were so many sharks

This is a spider crab...the picture doesn't do it justice, it was HUGE.

Cute little fellas!

A part of the aquarium had a glass bottom (you can see two

sting rays to the left of my feet)

This big guy was Matt's favorite. One of the biggest

sea lions I have ever seen.

Beluga whales

Matt and me in a 4-D showing of Happy Feet at the aquarium.

After the aquarium, we walked down to Navy Pier for some lunch.

We ate a Harry Caray's Tavern (they had an awesome drink

called the Wrigley Crush that I LOVED)

Waiting to ride the giant ferris wheel

View of Navy Pier from the top

The ferris wheel was one of my favorites

Tuesday night we went to the Cubs game.

We had great seats, 6 rows behind first base.

Cubs are beating the Pittsburg Pirates 3 to 1.

Everyone singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"

We had a great time. It was my third major league baseball game to go

to, but being at Wrigley field for this one was the coolest part.

The next morning we went to eat lunch at Tavern on Rush

I was trying to get a picture of the area, it was right by our hotel, when

Matt pointed out the lamborghini right in front of me.

Matt was such a good sport. We spent most of the day

shopping on Michigan Avenue.  We found him some new jeans and

I found a couple of adorable dresses. 

Wednesday evening we went up to the top of the John Hancock

building to have cocktails before going to dinner at Sushi Samba.

We were there right at sunset and it was absolutely gorgeous!

Navy Pier from the top of the building.

We didn't get any pictures of Sushi Samba, but the food

was amazing (thanks Jules and Jason for the recommendation :)

This is where we came every morning (it was right by our hotel)

for breakfast.

Michigan Avenue

We had such a great time last week and I can't wait to go back.  It was the perfect little get-away since the beach didn't work out for us.  We flew back in Thursday afternoon because we had tickets to the Eagles concert and a get together for David's birthday on Thursday night.  (pictures to come soon)