It's high time to catch up on two years of trips. To begin, let's go back, back, all the way back to 2009, the year we went to Chicago three times. The first was for the Chicago Auto Show, which happened to coincide with Restaurant Week. This was the year we went to Chicago instead of to New York for the dog show. (Don't worry, we hit that in 2010 and 2011. Stay tuned.)
Here are the cars we saw. Ben can tell you a lot more about them than I can, but I thought many of them looked pretty cool.
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| Chicago Auto Show 2009 |
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| I'm only agreeing to go to the Auto Show if I get breakfast in a bar first. |
That weekend, we also ate at Tizi Melloul (now closed, sadly) and
Nick's Fishmarket, for Restaurant Week. We loved the fun atmosphere of Tizi Melloul and the multi-course Middle Eastern meal. And cool red bathrooms. We were less impressed with Nick's Fishmarket, although the chopped salad and desserts were delicious.
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| Tizi Melloul--so exotic! |
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| Awesome bathrooms |
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| Really? |
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| Nick's Fishmarket |
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| Dinner: Meh... |
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| Trying to get a GPS signal--darned tall buildings! |
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| Mannequins in Chicago have nipples. |
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| SERIOUSLY, we need a signal, we have no idea where we are going! |
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| Let's just go. We'll find our way. |
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| Snow sculptures on Michigan Avenue |
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| One of my favorite breakfast places, right on Michigan Avenue a few blocks from the Congress Hotel |
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| And it's always great to see Jane and Cheryl when we visit Chicago! Until next time... |
