There is a nice park across the street which we are thinking will be nice for photos.
After seeing the venue Dan and I decided to venture downtown. Mandy had to work and my mom was hanging with grandma, so it ended up being just us - a city date!
We were total tourists and even struggled with the CTA version of the metro card machine.
Our first stop was lunch at Giordano's Pizza. Yumm!
Then we went to Willis (Sears) Tower. The wait at Christmas was like three hours so we didn't go, but this time we decided to go for it and only ended up waiting about an hour. Unlike Empire, the SkyDeck is all inside with floor to ceiling windows and it wasn't nearly as crowded at the top compared to NY. We were so surprised by the color of the water in the lake. It looked like the Caribbean, not a lake in the middle of the mid-west.
We waited in line again in order to go out onto the glass box ledge which was really cool and not scary at all.
On the way out there were about 4 different gift shops and one had some cool history tid-bits which I liked. Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys were invented in Chicago. They also had artifacts on display from the Chicago fire, like a whole stack of spoons that were totally fused together (sorry forgot to snap a picture).
After Willis Tower we perked up with some refreshing drinks at Starbucks and then headed over to the Art Institute and Millennium Park. It was such a beautiful sunny and warm day. There were lots of people out but it wasn't congested crowded like New York and signs of spring were everywhere. We saw the "bean" and posed by a blossoming tree.
Then we checked out the gift shop at the Art Institute (but didn't actually visit the museum). We headed back to Oak Park and had dinner with my grandma, mom, and Mandy at Jim & Pete's which is where the rehearsal dinner will be...maybe Dan got some pics?
We were total tourists and even struggled with the CTA version of the metro card machine.
Our first stop was lunch at Giordano's Pizza. Yumm!
Then we went to Willis (Sears) Tower. The wait at Christmas was like three hours so we didn't go, but this time we decided to go for it and only ended up waiting about an hour. Unlike Empire, the SkyDeck is all inside with floor to ceiling windows and it wasn't nearly as crowded at the top compared to NY. We were so surprised by the color of the water in the lake. It looked like the Caribbean, not a lake in the middle of the mid-west.
We waited in line again in order to go out onto the glass box ledge which was really cool and not scary at all.
On the way out there were about 4 different gift shops and one had some cool history tid-bits which I liked. Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys were invented in Chicago. They also had artifacts on display from the Chicago fire, like a whole stack of spoons that were totally fused together (sorry forgot to snap a picture).
After Willis Tower we perked up with some refreshing drinks at Starbucks and then headed over to the Art Institute and Millennium Park. It was such a beautiful sunny and warm day. There were lots of people out but it wasn't congested crowded like New York and signs of spring were everywhere. We saw the "bean" and posed by a blossoming tree.
Then we checked out the gift shop at the Art Institute (but didn't actually visit the museum). We headed back to Oak Park and had dinner with my grandma, mom, and Mandy at Jim & Pete's which is where the rehearsal dinner will be...maybe Dan got some pics?
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