Jen finished work early Friday afternoon, so we checked into our second hotel (the Doubletree, only two blocks from the Sheraton) and headed over to the Navy Pier. We stopped at the second lunch spot we found and, after an unsatisfying lunch, decided that places named “Charlie’s” need to be excluded from future consideration. Though [...]
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Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois
Posted in 2010 Work/Chicago, Illinois on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Architecture Cruise, Chicago, Illinois
Posted in 2010 Work/Chicago, Illinois on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday, Jen woke up early and spent the day at the convention she was attending for work. She did steal away for an hour during lunch to try a Chicago-style hot dog, complete with poppy seed bun, mustard, onions, relish, cucumber, tomato, and celery salt (she opted against the sport peppers). Meanwhile, Paul ate [...]
Chicago, Illinois
Posted in 2010 Work/Chicago, Illinois on October 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Though it hardly counts as a full vacation, Jen had to travel to Chicago on business in October, so Paul tagged along. We arrived on Wednesday and checked into the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, then had an early dinner at P.J. Clarke’s up the street. We finished the night at Second City, where we [...]
