Chicago Highlights

I went to Chicago in August with #2 for his business… Here are a few highlights from our trip.

chicagodrake23We stayed at the Drake Hotel.. this is their Gold Coast room.. This photo does not do this beautiful hotel ballroom justice.

chicagojacobbed#2 LOVED his bed.

chicagodrake30I'm serious.. he loves that bed..

chicagodrake19He was fascinated by the hotel mini bar…

chicagodrake20But not so impressed by their prices.. 6.00 for a king size bag of M&M's!

chicagodrake29We ate breakfast every morning at The Drake

chicagodrake25Not too shabby.. but pretty flippin' expensive ..

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59.00 for a breakfast buffet?  I don't think we are at Shoney's anymore! 

Speaking of food…

chicagodrake22We ate at The Weber Grill  (it never disappoints your tummy)

chicagodrake33Pizza at Giordonos

chicagodrake37Oh My Goodness… Lunch at Da Lobsta

chicagodrake34I saw a pair of 3300.00 Christian Louboutin sparkly shoes. 

**I apparently didn't look like the kind of girl that would wear Louboutin's.. because the sales people didn't even say Hi to me in this store.

chicagodrake32A wedding on a Tuesday? Why not?

chicagodrake3Short Girl Problems.. the make up/shaving mirror is too high up.

chicagodrake12I rode the Merta… way past my exit.

chicagodrake15I was in a car that was hit by a dump truck.  See that big green truck.. it side-swiped our Taxi.

chicagochurchBeautiful Church

chicagodrake35We met lots of interesting people.. and most of them were our Lyft or Uber drivers.  This guy cut hair for a living in Jordan, but here in America he drives an Uber car.  He wants to own his own barber shop.  He thinks he will be able to have his own shop in the next 18 months.  It was the highlight of our trip to meet people like this..

chicagodrake16Here's our mobile office.. while we were waiting for our plane.

Shopping with a Nervous Bride to Be

A few weeks ago I went shopping with mon ami.  You see she is getting married soon.. I’m so excited for her.  She isn’t sure what she wants for a wedding dress.. so I of course documented our day.

weddings, wedding dress

I thought this princess dress was BEAUTIFUL.. she wasn’t crazy about it.

She liked this part of the dress… the rest she thought was “too much.”

She’s getting married!  How can it be too much?

This one is simple, elegant and oh.. so pretty.

Here’s a side view..  the arrow shows the princess dress with

the big flower at the waist… you can see this one is not nearly

as poofy and princess like.

The teeny tiny train.. (she said she didn’t want a train)..

She did like the little lace jacket and the beading.

#3 thought this dress would be perfect for her to wear

to the wedding.

Mon Ami doesn’t care if she receives a wedding ring.. but she did fall in

love with this princess cut 3 stone ring.  This is a small hint… You know

who you are.. 😉  The other band is one of those new titanium rings.  She

thinks her man would look good in that one.