Barefoot Adventures: Chicago- Visited

This is the view of our room from the door... There is a desk/business area right in front of the door, then three steps down to the sofa area. The flat screen TV is on a swivel. In this picture it is facing the sofa, but it can also swivel around to the bed area too.

This picture is from the window and the bed area is to the right, you can see the top of my boyfriends head under the TV. and he is sitting in front of the bed.

Here is the bed area.
(and my backpack...these were taken right before we left.)
OK, so Friday we get to Chicago, find the train (el) and head our way to our hotel. We get into the lobby and know right away, this is going to be great. There are Panic fans outside smoking and waiting for pizza (the hotel was right next door to a Gino's East). We get to our room and immediatly freak out because it is sooooo cool. We have NEVER stayed somewhere this nice... EVER... So we had just enough time to oder the pizza, walk to a liquor store, grab some quinessentail Jim Beam and some cokes and head back to the room. We mix a few drinks, watch the local news and feel very strange in an unfamiliar place. After chillin for about 40 minutes, i ran down to get the pizza. I was SHOCKED at how heavy the box was.. i mean it HAS to weigh at LEAST 7 pounds, easy. Have you ever eaten a 7 pound pizza?? it is AMAZING!! we stuff ourselves, get on our show gear and head to the show.
The shows were at the Auditorium Theater. I think it is the prettiest place i have gotten to see Panic. Some folks there were saying that it had nothing on the Chicago Theater, which we saw from the outside, but to me it was great. We had great seats, got some good drinks and we didn't have to wait too long before the boys took the stage...
After the show, we just headed back to the hotel and hung out in our bathrobes that came with the room, drank a little night cap and retired.
Saturday we woke to rain and wind. I guess there is something to that nickname The Windy City", who knew... So we decided to ditch the baseball game and stay warm and dry. About that time my friend from MI called and said he was on his way, so it was a good decision. and if you read my previous blog, you know what happened Saturday.. (briefly- got lunch, drank beer, got sick, really got sick, went to the show,saw the show, sore throat, home, beer, bed)

The most beautiful birthday present ever!!!!

Sunday we got up and made some plans to hit the The Shedd Aquarium. WE jumped on the bus and it was a great trip down Michigan Ave toward the Aquarium. This place was AMAZING. They have everything from bottle nosed dolphins to humpback wales. They had Dragon seahorses and large sea turtles. We saw a HUGE gilla monster not to forget the penguins and coral. very very cool!!!! the large dolphin tank over looks the shore of Lake Michigan. Very neat place.. The attraction they have right now is a 4-D experience hosted by Sponge Bob. This was very cool. The 4-d meant that the movie part was all in 3-d, yeah you got the cool glasses etc. but the cool part was the interactive stuff. Like at the beginning you are being shown around the ocean by a dolphin. And there are bubbles floating through the air. When the dolphins go up to get some air, you feel a blast of air on the back of your neck. Then when they land in the water after a dive, you actually get a little splash of water that lands on your face. There was a snall segment at the start that shows an old man spitting water and you get water splashed on you.. VERY VERY NEAT!!! a full experience. Then the Sponge Bob segment was cool. It was all 3-d so that was cool and the premise was that SB was looking for a pickle to put on his burger. When the pickle rolls away it goes right by your face and you SMELL Pickle... I KNOW!!! so cool.. well you just have to go to Chicago and see for yourself.
Then we headed back to the room, grabbed some food and got ready for the Sunday show. Night three is always the best. Everyone is all gooey and ready to do it one last night.This was no exception. Great show..
Sunday night we got back to the Hotel, re-heated the pizza for the third time, wound down and settled into bed. I think we both were asleep in seconds flat.
Monday we awoke... cleaned up the room, cleaned up ourselves and packed up. After checking out we headed down to the Sears tower.. This was cool too. I am sure many of you have seen the sights.. but here are some of my pictures from the top of the tower...