A few weeks ago Bailey and I took a road trip to Chicago with his parents. Here's a recap of some things we did.....
We started our drive on Thursday afternoon. Our first stop of the trip: Lambert's--where we ate a huge delicious meal.
Mrs. Connie and Mr. Jeff
After Lambert's, we drove a few more hours before stopping for the night. It took us a few stops before we actually found a hotel that had room. It just so happened that the Illinois state track meet was going on and most of the hotels were booked solid.
Friday morning we continued the drive to Chicago. We headed straight to Superdawg's because if you're in Chicago, you have to try a Chicago dog. Superdawg's is a drive-in similar to Sonic so we got to enjoy our meal outside.
The "superdawg." The superdawg comes on a poppy seed bun with mustard, piccalilli (tomato), dill pickle, onions, and hot peppers, and served with fries, of course. Mrs. Connie, Bailey, and I were all very brave and ate them fully dressed (well, I didn't eat the tomato, but I did eat everything else). And to be honest, it really wasn't too bad. I might could eat it again.
After Superdawg's, we headed to our hotel to check-in.
We stayed at the Inn at Lincoln Park. It was an older hotel but was pretty nice and had lots of character. We really liked the location and the fact that we could walk to Wrigley Field, which we did that afternoon. They had a continental breakfast with fresh pastries and bagels each morning which were fabulous!
We went down to Wrigleyville to see the stadium, do a little shopping, and take a few pictures.
Then we hopped on the "L" (Chicago's subway) at Addison (right behind the stadium, as you can see in the picture below) and headed downtown for the Magnificent Mile.
We walked around the Magnificent Mile for a while and then stopped in at Garrett's Gourmet Popcorn where Bailey and I got CaramelCrisp with pecans and his parents had the Chicago mix--CaramelCrisp mixed with CheeseCorn.
On one end of the Magnificent Mile was the Realtor building, which is the national headquarters. So we had to take a picture of it for Bailey. Then we went to dinner at the world famous Billy Goat Tavern. We went to the original one that is downtown, under the Magnificent Mile.
The Billy Goat Tavern was made famous by an SNL skit that John Belushi was in years ago. You can see part of it here.
As we were on our way back to our hotel, we came across hundreds, maybe thousands, of bike riders. We asked a local what was going on and he said, "It's Happy Friday." On the last Friday of the month, people show up for a bike ride through the city to show that bike riders own just as much of the road as cars. We waited for the bikers to pass for 10-15 minutes, so that we could cross the street, and they had been going before we had even gotten there.
To be continued.....
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