As most of you know, I spent last weekend in Chicago visiting my dear friends Anna and Tara. To say we had an epic weekend is an understatement. I loved, loved, LOVED my visit so much. The girls took me around the city showing me their favorite places of home. Having the locals as your tour guide was a huge advantage. I had the luxury of seeing the downtown life, as well as the local life in their neighborhoods.
Chicago is now one of my favorite cities I've been to. I was amazed by how large, yet clean the city was. And I am so envious of the public transportation system there. Makes getting around town so much easier. I was also told this is the perfect time of year to visit. The weather was unbelievable all weekend! This hot, humid, 100 degree girl took relief in the upper 80s with a cool breeze for a few days. It was oh so nice! The food was fantastic as well. I got to try my first deep dish pizza and it was excellent. So yummy! Aside from the city and the sights, I really valued my time spent with these girls. They have become two of my best blogging friends. The laughs were endless and I can't wait to do it again!
Here's a few pics from the trip, as well as some goodies I brought home. Thank you Anna and Tara for opening your doors to me and showing me your beautiful city!
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| Tara, me, and Anna with Chicago skyline behind us |
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| At the bean with Anna in Millennium Park |
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| Inside the Chicago Public Library with Tara |
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| Hanging out in Anna's neighborhood with the girls |
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| Enjoying some wine on Anna's patio |
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| My Chicago book souvenir, Divergent! Plus the girls signed it for me :-) |
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| Borrowed the book from Anna & got those CUTE notecards from Tara + the bookmark! |
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| This was waiting for me when I arrived - thank you Anna! I almost peed my pants!!! |
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Were we there at the same time?!
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty photos!!
ReplyDeleteAnd both those books are on my wishlist!
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you girls are TRES CUTE ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY HOW CUTE YOU LOOK!
ReplyDeleteAh i so want to be able to do this with you guys! Also, the statisitical probability is amazing. like so so cute and SWOON.
Looks like you guys had a fantastic weekend! I want to see the bean so bad! It looks very cool.
ReplyDeleteAwwww great pictures!! So glad you had fun. =D
ReplyDeleteLooks like it was a lot of fun. I would love to do a girls vacation sometime. Jealous.
ReplyDeleteAwww that looks like you had an amazing time! What great friends! :)
ReplyDeleteHow fantastic! I bet you had such a blast. Yay for wine and patios. :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you had such a great time on your trip!!
ReplyDeleteNow I see comments. Weird. Anyway, looks like you had a fantastic trip. I love Chicago. Glad you had fun with Tara and Anna and acquired some great books. :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you had fun in Chicago! And haha at your signed copy of Divergent. :)
ReplyDeleteCome backkkkkkkkk soon :) Maybe you should experience Chicago in the winter lol!
ReplyDeletefor reasons i cannot explain, this post made me tear up a bit. is it because i too love chicago? is it because spending time with bookish friends sounds awesome? is it because you got a signed piece of AWESOME that i know made your heart burst?
ReplyDeleteit's probably a combination of all of those things and that i'm creepily reading this moments after it posted. regardless, YAY!
Your pictures = cute cute CUTE. Omg you girls are all so pretty! I am DYING to read Stat. Probability. :D I hope you enjoy it!
ReplyDeletelove the pictures!
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Lucky you! I adore Chicago, it's such a cool city, so to get to go there and then to get to go there and hang out with fellow bloggers is too awesome:) I can't wait to read Divergent, I'm so excited for Tris and Four!
ReplyDeleteSounds awesome! I'm so glad you had a good time. Chicago's been on my list of places to go forever but still haven't gotten around to it. Speaking of lists, I have both those books on my TBR list! Here's my IMM for this week: http://sweetmarie-83.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-my-mailbox-week-3.html
ReplyDeleteWow what an awesome time girl, and what great books.
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Looks like you had an awesome time. It definitely would be nice to get away from the 100 degree Texas heat. I don't think that one day of rain did much.
ReplyDeleteAw! It looks like you had a wonderful time! Chicago is on my Bucket List of places to go before I die.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you got a copy of Divergent! You need one for your shelf. Four needs to be visited a lot ;-)
SMOOCHES. Thanks for making me laugh til I cried last weekend -- that's a sign of a GREAT friend xo
ReplyDeleteLove the photos! Looks like you had a great visit.
ReplyDeleteHaha, these photos are great :) I really want to read The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight - it sounds hilarious! :D Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteHow awesome! So glad you had such an amazing time! Those note cards are super cute!
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