We got in later than planned last night, mostly because it took an extra hour to get through Chicago traffic. Bleh. We found our AirBnB site, which is a lovely big 1880s brownstone in Chicago's southside, so we are getting the full experience. It is a great first AirBnB experience, and half the cost of a hotel room. The owners are lovely, and we can use their kitchen for making breakfast (or other meals if we wanted), and they even offered us use of the washing machine. We walked around Hyde Park briefly and stumbled on Powell's Bookstore after dinner.
Today we took the 10 minute bus ride into Chicago and stopped at the Field Museum. Our trusty MOSH card got us a good discount, so we got access to all the special exhibits and also a 3-D movie. What a mistake. We ended up spending 5 hours in the museum seeing everything. We couldn't drag the kids out of there, "No mom, we want to see the dinosaurs! Wait, I haven't seen the flying ones!" I was exhausted. Then we walked outside and checked Facebook only to discover that one of our former students, Kristyn, was also in Chicago and had just been at the Bean. We exchanged itineraries and met at the fountain. We were surrounded by brides and (I think) Quinceanera princesses. The Quinceanera princesses were in various bright hoop skirts of seafoam, blue, red, and lavender.
From there, we found the Bean, and Ellie and Jeremiah took a lot of pictures while Phil made snarky comments. After that, dinner. I found the closest excellent Chicago pizza place, Lou Malnati's, and proceeded to wait an hour outside and then 45 minutes inside, but for a truly excellent eggless quiche. I can't quite call it a pizza, being from New Haven, the birthplace of pizza, but it was still an excellent meal.
Today we took the 10 minute bus ride into Chicago and stopped at the Field Museum. Our trusty MOSH card got us a good discount, so we got access to all the special exhibits and also a 3-D movie. What a mistake. We ended up spending 5 hours in the museum seeing everything. We couldn't drag the kids out of there, "No mom, we want to see the dinosaurs! Wait, I haven't seen the flying ones!" I was exhausted. Then we walked outside and checked Facebook only to discover that one of our former students, Kristyn, was also in Chicago and had just been at the Bean. We exchanged itineraries and met at the fountain. We were surrounded by brides and (I think) Quinceanera princesses. The Quinceanera princesses were in various bright hoop skirts of seafoam, blue, red, and lavender.
From there, we found the Bean, and Ellie and Jeremiah took a lot of pictures while Phil made snarky comments. After that, dinner. I found the closest excellent Chicago pizza place, Lou Malnati's, and proceeded to wait an hour outside and then 45 minutes inside, but for a truly excellent eggless quiche. I can't quite call it a pizza, being from New Haven, the birthplace of pizza, but it was still an excellent meal.
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