Last week I rolled up another year on the calender. I have to say, its been good. But to celebrate my wife took me on a sightseeing/shopping spree trip to Chicago. We had to go thru Chicago anyway because our niece is getting married this saturday in Wisconsin. But we went three days early and camped out at the Avenue Hotel on the Magnificent Mile. The magnificent mile is actually a portion of Michigan Ave that has almost every high end shop located on it the world. No WalMarts or Targets here. For those of us familar with shopping in East Tennessee, its kind of like Gatlinburg on steroids. Non stop shopping everywhere.
For sightseeing we have been to the Field Museum, Navy Pier, Trump Tower and the Tribune Bldg. We have had lunch on the 95th floor of the John Hancock Bldg over looking Lake Michigan and later trolled thru Tiffany’s. We have also gone to a Broadway play at the Oriental Theater (Wicked) and have ate an assortment of Chicago style this and that. Pizza’s, dogs, brauts, you name it. Normally I would have shuddered at the expense but with the way things have gone lately, we may as well enjoy some of what we HAD!
The people here are friendly enough once you get their attention. Being that I’m an early riser and the wife isn’t, I go downstairs and talk to the bell hops and ride around with the cabbies until she gets up and about. All it cost me was a cup of coffee on our first day here when it was cloudy, rainy, and cold. I’ve felt every pot hole and raced every El train in the area with my new Buds as they hustle to make a living. I acutally know my way around now which impresses the wife. I promised myself that I would finish a book I have been reading (Flip) but haven’t made much progress as yet. Tommarrow we will break for the shopping and go visit some Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in Oak Park and then blast out for Wi. and the wedding.
By the way, I don’t know how or why but my Ditch got mowed last week and not by me. Oh happy days!
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