This past weekend, Matt and I headed out bright and early Saturday morning to Chicago!! We left our house around 5:30 to get to the St. Louis Amtrak station to board out 6:40 train headed for Chicago's Union Station! After a quick 6 hour train we arrived, and took a taxi to our hotel Hampton Inn and Suites Downtown to meet up with Kory and Diana. (Sidenote: Diana and I met at Baylor and Kory is her fiance...they live in Washington, D.C. - and we miss seeing them as frequently as we used to when we lived in Charlottesville, so it was a great time to get the 4 of us back together again!) Also, let me first say, thank you so much to Kory and Diana as we stayed with them at the Hampton Inn - which was also one of the nicest hotels Matt and I have stayed at! It was just renovated a few months ago and looks AMAZING! Anyways, we dropped off our luggage and headed out to lunch with them at EATT! It was a place they found while walking around (their flight arrived a few hours before our train)...and it was delicious burgers for all 4! Then it was off to Millennium Park to see the "BEAN" and the water art project! Really cool sight! Then we headed back up Michigan Ave. for some shopping - window shopping that is! Ha! Ha! Then off to the John Hancock building...up the elevators to the 96th floor with spectacular views (for free) and tasty drinks! It was really quite the sight! I mean astounding really! Even Matt and Diana (two who don't really love heights) checked out the sights after some liquid courage! Then it was back to the hotel to get ready for the party at Kristyna's condo! I guess this would be a good time to point out why we were all in Chicago...Kelly's friend and sophomore year roommate at Baylor, Kristyna Sujata, was getting married to Abraham Munoz on Sunday afternoon in the St. James Cathedral in downtown Chicago!!! So off to Kristyna's condo for a "Welcome Out-Of-Town Family and Friends" party! We had a great time and meeting and greeting friends we had not seen in forever, and meeting new friends!! Then it was back to the hotel for some much needed sleep! Who knew traveling + sight-seeing was so tiring!! Ha! Ha!
Sunday morning the four of us (after an amazing breakfast at the hotel) headed out to Navy Pier! It was quite a sight - overcast at first, but then it turned out to be a beautiful day! Albeit - WINDY!!!! I had to buy a sweatshirt to keep me toasty warm, and Matt had to get some popcorn! Then it was off to Giordano's for some famous deep dish Chicago pizza!!! Yummy! Back to the hotel to get dressed and ready for the wedding! The wedding ceremony was held at St. James Cathedral and it was a stunning sight! After the wedding we went to a local Starbucks and hung out (aka stayed warm....it was 64 degrees and Diana and I had cocktail length, sleeveless dresses on)...pretty soon it was time to board the bus to take us to the Newberry Library for the reception! The cocktail hour was lovely and gave us a chance to mingle with a lot of people and hear a mariachi band! The reception followed - with lots of dancing for the 4 of us! Then it was back to the hotel by 11, for early 4:15 wake up! Diana and Kory had to leave at 4:30 to get to O'Hare for their flight and Matt and I had to head to Union Station for the train back to St. Louis!
We had a great time in Chicago and can't wait to get back! Thanks again to Diana and Kory......and, Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Munoz!!!!
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Wow...How fun! LOved The Egg...tho I have no idea what it is! Looked like you guys had so much fun there. Know that it must be on the "do-over" agenda! Have to admit,tho, typical of Chi-town..it does appear cold and windy! I'll take FL anytime!
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