Chicago is my kind of town

Mardi was in Chicago for work so we decided I would come down for the a long weekend too. Saturday we went shopping along Michigan Avenue. In the evening Mardi's cousin Noelle joined us for a few drinks and Jazz at Al Capone's last club The Green Mill.

On Sunday we hung out at the Millennium Park and Shed Aquarium which was fun. We were lucky to have awesome sunny weather the whole time we were there.

Monday and Tuesday Mardi attended her conference so I wandered the Chicago Art Institute and Contemporary Museums.

My good mate Jaclyn (right) visited for the weekend on her way to Ireland for the Summer. We met on my season at Big White.

Anna (left) is Jaclyn's friend from school. She's is on a six month sabbatical in Tacoma, WA. They only by chance discovered they would be in the same city at the same time.

It was great to catch up after three years. After few drinks at our Loft in Belltown including my dismal attempt to make Margaritas we headed out in Belltown. We wound up at the Crocodile in a one sided screaming match with a band from Wakefield, England. They won cause they were up on stage with microphones and big speakers. We ended the evening with hotdogs from my favourite hotdog stand on 1st Ave.