CHI-TOWN

Who doesn't love free Wi-Fi? So here I am updating my blog from beautiful Chicago! The incoming flight was a little unnerving, since the weather predicted thunderstorms. :/ Why am I here? My little brother, Jei (pronounced JAY) graduated Navy Boot Camp this past Friday and my parents, boyfriend and myself were his guests to the ceremony. I haven't seen him since Spring Break back at the end of March. He changed a lot, but for the good! He's slimmed down and happy to be out of Boot Camp :)

Now that he's out and on Liberty we decided to do some Chicago sightseeing. I love the city, any city, but Chicago was different than any other City I have been too. I felt like I was walking on a movie set. I FORGOT my camera, but I used my folks and they own Sony which has their own special memory card, instead of the SD memory card. So I am unable to upload my own pictures :/, but I found this GREAT Chicago images reference Flickr, wallyg Flickr. I will be using these wonderful photos instead.

1.) Gino's Pizza, "the only place to get deep dish pizza in Chicago"
We had the Meaty Legend Deep Dish and it was delicious! Funny thing is the only reason we knew about this place is because Adam from Man vs. Food ate there. haha


PHOTO CREDIT: wallyg Flickr

2.) Navy Pier, Chicago's lakefront playground
It was crazy to think the pier lead into one of the Great Lakes, Lake Michigan. It looked like the west coast, if you face out to the lake and turn around the Chicago Skyline is right behind you, that was my favorite part. It was HOT and HUMID.


PHOTO CREDIT: wallyg Flickr


PHOTO CREDIT: wallyg Flickr

3.) Gurnee Mills Mall, located between Milwaukee and Chicago there with over 200 stores
Just a typical shopping center, but this place was HUGE! It had a bunch of restaurant surrounding the outside. This is where we took my little brother to see Toy Story 3.


Chicago, the windy city, wasn't windy at all. Mostly rain, lighting storms, heat and humidity. I wish we stayed a little longer to do some sightseeing. I wouldn't mind coming back here to visit.