She and Adrienne (a friend) arrived Saturday morning and, while Adrienne kicked the shopping part of the weekend into gear, Auntie, Heath and I had a delicious lunch at the Grand Luxe Cafe just off Michigan Ave. and then went on a scavenger hunt for this little antique button shop that used to be Rush St. Having no luck in our search, we drowned our disappoint in Starbucks, catching up on our lives since Aunt Renee and I are both terrible phone people.
We headed back to the hotel to catch the tail end of the Yankee's game and then change for dinner. Aunt Renee treated us to an incredible meal at Spiaggia, the best Italian restaurant in Chicago (possibly the U.S.) and a favorite of Barack and Michelle Obama. After the first bite you could understand why — from the bread to the antipasti, main course and dessert, everything was DELICIOUS.
On Sunday, we picked the ladies up for a driving tour of Garfield Park and Hyde Park before heading back downtown for a late lunch at Gino's East, our favorite deep dish joint.
From there, we walked down to the Wrigley Building to catch the Wendella Boat Tour, the lake and river tour Heath "guided" a couple summers ago. While our tour guide wasn't as good as Heath, she did a great job showing off our beautiful city.
Luckily, we had picked up a hotel blanket on our way to the boat because for late May, it was COLD on the water!
Monday was pretty chill. Aunt Renee came up and we had brunch with her and Richard at Cafe Selmarie in Lincoln Square. From there, we walked down to the Davis Theater to catch an afternoon showing of "Star Trek." I thought it was EXCELLENT...a lot of fun, true to the original but fresh, good story and great cast.
After that, we met up with Adrienne for dinner at Opart Thai and then made our way over to Wrigley Field to watch the Cubs play the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was a close game (solid hitting, terrible pitching) which ended with our Cubs losing — bummer. Luckily, we were warm and had peanuts to munch on.
The weekend went by too quickly, but it was great having Aunt Renee and Adrienne here for even a little while.
2 comments:
Sounds like a fun weekend! You;ve been getting to catch up with lots of people from outside of Chicago in the last few weeks. Do you think we could go see Oprah when we're visiting? What fun adventures to look forward to this visit!?:)
I'll see what I can do.
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