Chicago Trip, Part II

here we are again. this cathedral pic is from when i wandered around while derek napped. after dinner we decided to go try to get tickets to Wicked, which was sold out but the borders next to the theater had a give away drawing two hours before the show. so we take a taxi down there (it's about 13F, burrh!) and we do the drawing thing, but we didn't win. we decide to walk back to the hotel (that's from the middle of the loop to the top end of downtown) it takes about an hour, and it's really cold, but we had a good time taking-in the city. unfortunately, there was a bronze bull on the loose, it was going to ram a bus full of children; luckly derek wrestled it to the ground, and the city rewarded us by letting us discover Crate & Barrel (an awesome store of awesomeness!) it was four stories of goodness, and i here tell that there's one in KC, i can't wait to go! we spent the rest of the night drinking a bottle of wine, then waking up with blue lips (whoot! hey, we're not driving). the next morning is -30 (omg, yes, i'm serious), but we only have a few hours before we leave for the airport, so i get derek up and we check out of the hotel by 9am, check our bags at the desk for later, and hit the street. we head for the handcock building which is only three blocks away, and we actually stop halfway to by a scarf for derek. we finally get there and go up the 94 stories to a great view of the city on a crystal clear morning. that building in the middle with the curved top is our hotel. this other is a nice shot (i thought) of part of the skyline with lake michigan. after that we walked back to the hotel and grabbed some hot cocoa till the sushi resturaunt that we wanted to go to opened. it was very good, and it was right next to the thai




consolate (consolates are everywhere!). look, you can see derek's new scarf! after a tasty lunch we grabbed the bags and had scott (the car guy) take us to the blue line station so that we could hop the train to the airport for $4 total, instead of the taxi which was $40. it was really cold waiting for the subway cause there was a breeze and no heat at all (and still -30!) i think that these shots of us bundled up are hilarious! iwas wearing three tops and two pairs of pants!
derek had a good time sporting kansas pride with that had. the night we walked back to the hotel, a couple of punks yelled at us about "the farm" or something. we seriously discussed if we should "keep it real" and go kick their asses and show them that you don't mess with kansas, but we decided to be nice. anyway, the train came and we went to the airport and headed home. all in all we had a fine time, and derek and i definately love to travel! we're thinking about going in the summer for the taste of chicago.