Girls trip to Chicago

My girl's trip to Chicago happened this weekend. First of all I have the best husband who is so supportive and more than able to care for and entertain Lauren and Allie. They had a great weekend with daddy.

Our weekend started out with a ride on the "L", the elevated train, from Midway. Karen was running late thanks to the tropical storm that hit Texas that morning so Ivy and I braved the ride by ourselves. We took good notes for Karen once she landed and made it on the train herself. Shalah was there on business and met us at the Brookses a little later. Once we were all there, Laurie prepared a fantastic dinner of swordfish, eggplant stacks and yummy garlic and cheese potatoes. We spent the night catching up on our lives.

The following day, Friday started with some shopping and lunch in Lincoln Park. Later we met Jamie at Wrigley Field for the Cubs/Cardinals game. Several bars later and after a ton of Thai food we headed back to the house.

Saturday we left Laurie and Jamie's house to check into the Intercontinental hotel...

We dodged the rain and went shopping and made a quick stop to Garrett's for some popcorn. Man that stuff is good. We got back to the room and started getting ready for our night out to Topolobama for dinner. The pressure was on b/c this was a recommendation from me for one of my favorite chefs, Rick Bayless. It did not disappoint as I had one of the best meals ever.

It was a little hard to get out of Chicago on Sunday with all the bad weather around. I sat on the runway for almost 2 1/2 hours waiting to take off. I kept thinking how much better it was with just me instead of doing that with the girls. Thanks for an amazing weekend guys! Can't wait until next year.