Saturday, May 24
We left for Chicago around 11 this morning. Yes, the middle of the country IS flat, I don't think we've seen a mountain for days. The 4.5 hour trip went by quite quickly partly in thanks to Harry Potter and company. They are still busy fighting boggarts and dementors. We figure we'll finally get through this book on tape before reaching Cleveland. I highly recommend the Harry Potter books on tapes, the guy who narrates them is a scream!!! hee hee
Our hotel, the Cass Hotel Holiday Inn Express, is right downtown, surrounded by much taller buildings. We think the Cass Hotel was taken over by the Holiday Inn and is in process of being refurbished. We have the "coziest" room yet but at least the bathroom door is solid wood this time- thank God!!! We walked around, wow, Chicago is a huge and overwhelming city. The streets and stores were mobbed. A very exciting place.
We had dinner at Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse, a venerable, ornate restaurant just a few blocks from our place. All male waitstaff, very friendly, great Italian food.
Tomorrow we are hoping to go to the Museum of Science and Industry before heading to the evening White Sox vs. Angels game at US Cellular Field. Monday the Cubs are playing the Dodgers at 1 p.m. at Wrigley Field. The weather forecast is for thunderstorms both days so we are hoping the games get in. Last night in Detroit the skies cleared right at game time and it was a clear and cool evening. Hopefully we'll have a similar situation here in Chicago.
Until next post...
3 comments:
Crossing our fingers for NO RAIN! Did you go to the Sears tower?
Hey there, Michelle checking in again on Monday evening... I see your luck has turned for the better, and you've seen two hometeam winners in a row.. yay! Bet it is exciting! And you didn't get rained out... awesome!
Still with you. Why no pictures of Rod-knee?
--UJ
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