So this update is WAY past due! I have been so busy with school and cross country that I haven't had time for ANYTHING! However, that is why this last weekend was so great! This past weekend I didn't have a cross country meet, so I agreed to travel to Milwaukee and Chicago with Suzie Thursday-Sunday. We had the time of our lives! We arrived to Milwaukee late on Thursday night. We were both running behind because of our school schedules and packing, and then we had to stop in Madison to pick up her brother. So as soon as we arrived, we unpacked a little and got ready for bed.
On Friday morning Suz and I woke up and got ready for the day. We went to the library (a very nice one at that), and then began our travel to downtown Chicago to tour Roosevelt University (a graduate school for Suzie). We made it with plenty of time to spare. We decided to do a little bit of exploring and went to Millennium Park. It was so nice because it just right across the street. I had never been there before...so I got to have my first experience at "The Bean".
This is "The Bean". It is a massive mirrored bean. It was really cool! Suz and I (as you will see below) had quite a bit of time to take some photos. We took so many! Below is one of our favorites!
Suz and I took a lot of great pictures, but here is one of the favorites!
Being in Millennium Park, I wanted to see the venue for concerts. Of course, it was right next to The Bean so it was very simple. Seeing this venue makes me want to go there some day to see one of my favorite concerts (perhaps DMB). It was a beautiful day, and it is open to the public. There were so many people just laying out and reading to enjoy the nice weather. 
Finally we made it to the tour of the school. This was a view from the Library on the 10th floor. There was a lot of history that goes along with that school. It was founded by President Roosevelt, and it was the first Hotel/Auditorium with electricity. So not only is it a Chicago landmark, but it is a national one as well. So if you are ever bored...google: Auditorium Theatre Hotel.
After the tour, we met with a friend and went for the infamous Chicago style pizza at one of the best pizza places in Chicago. We then ventured home and had MANY interesting experiences on the drive home...(no not scary ones, just some that were very ironic for Suz and me.) The rest of the weekend we celebrated her dad's birthday, went out with my sister and a friend in downtown Milwaukee, and attended her cousin's wedding reception. We had a BLAST! It was a much needed weekend away!
3 comments:
Looks like a fun time! I would love to head to Chicago some day! The outdoor concert venue is so cool! I had never heard of the Bean! Thanks for sharing your pictures and you adventures!
I keep thinking and mentioning to Kristin we need to have a girls weekend sometime! I think that would be so much fun if the three of us could get away for a weekend! Good food, possibly pampering, and getting out of here will be very much needed after the next few months I'm sure!
how fun - oh how i wish we could do something like that. looks like a great opportunity to get away. hope you are rejuvinated and refreshed...
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