Chicago Trip 2010

My friend Brittani and I have been meaning to take a girls trip for about four years now. So finally, early this year we decided to take a trip to Chicago. I have family in Chicago, my cousin Tony, and they had just had a new baby boy that I was dying to see. So, we decided to go for a long weekend and spend one night with my family and the rest of the weekend living it up in the Windy City.

A photo of my cousin Tony and his wife Ann with my cousins Samuel (2) and William (3 months)



They have a beautiful home in East Village, above is the night-time view from their rooftop deck.




After leaving my cousins house we checked into our hotel The Tremont and then we went out to do some shopping! We each got a few cute things and then took a very long, yet scenic walk to the Navy Pier. Later, we headed back to the hotel to freshen up, had dinner at Carmine's Rosebud Restaurant and Brit got us tickets to my very first female impersonator show. I won't get into details but let's just say it was pretty awesome!
On to Saturday. We started the day with Spa treatments at Renew Spa on the Magnificent Mile and then headed to the Water Tower Mall to beat the rain and continue shopping. After we were finished, we went to dinner at Feast and attended a Jazz/Blues show later in the evening.
It was a great weekend with a good friend. We laughed, shopped, ate, drank and talked- most of my favorite things.

I can't wait to do it again some time...maybe next time we'll take on the Big Apple : )