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May. 25th, 2006
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May. 25th, 2006 10:57 pmWell, there is so much to say about this trip so far, but the part that's cool to me right now is that when we got to our hotel, which is a downtown hotel at the top of the Stock Exchange Building, they didn't have the kind of rooms that we'd reserved so they put us in suites instead. One of the suites, the one we're in with the kids, actually had a nameplate on the door that said "English Suite." I've never stayed in a hotel room with a NAME before. And as it turned out, we have a picture window on the Sears Tower, a bay window with a view of of the river and lots of Chicago another bay window in the bedroom with another great view. It has a dining room table and a stereo system and couches and a four poster bed and a marble bathroom and terrycloth robes. This is NOT the kind of place we stay. We stay in Super 8 motels, yanno? My folks room isn't QUITE as grand but it's still wonderful and spacious and fancy. I'll probably never stay anyplace like this again, so I'm really enjoying it. And Jesse, bless his luxury-loving little heart, is in heaven.
Today we went to Marshall Fields, Millenium Park, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Navy Pier. At Millenium Park we (the kids and I) played in the fountains and I got drenched but it was fun. At the Art institute, R, Jesse and I walked through the European galleries and the modern art and saw some armor and weapons, but we didn't even have time to go in the American or Asian galleries. It's just a huge place. At the Navy Pier we went to the Chicago Children's museum, shopped, ate at Bubba Gump's Shrimp, took a Lake Michigan skyline cruise, saw a magic show, rode a 3-D simulator ride and rode the huge ferris wheel. I don't like ferris wheels one bit. Just hanging up high in the air makes me panic though I don't mind when I'm in a building, or I don't mind when I'm on a roller coaster because you aren't up for very long. I was shaking by the time I got off, but the kids had a great time. Mom and R did too, but Dad is like me and didn't like it much. Of course it didn't help that it started raining and the wind blowing when we were almost to the top. Yipes! In the evening we had excitment trying to figure out the El.
I still need to talk about yesterday in St. Louis and what we did there, but I'm really tired and there's a marble bathroom and a terrycloth robe waiting for me, so it'll have to wait.
Today we went to Marshall Fields, Millenium Park, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Navy Pier. At Millenium Park we (the kids and I) played in the fountains and I got drenched but it was fun. At the Art institute, R, Jesse and I walked through the European galleries and the modern art and saw some armor and weapons, but we didn't even have time to go in the American or Asian galleries. It's just a huge place. At the Navy Pier we went to the Chicago Children's museum, shopped, ate at Bubba Gump's Shrimp, took a Lake Michigan skyline cruise, saw a magic show, rode a 3-D simulator ride and rode the huge ferris wheel. I don't like ferris wheels one bit. Just hanging up high in the air makes me panic though I don't mind when I'm in a building, or I don't mind when I'm on a roller coaster because you aren't up for very long. I was shaking by the time I got off, but the kids had a great time. Mom and R did too, but Dad is like me and didn't like it much. Of course it didn't help that it started raining and the wind blowing when we were almost to the top. Yipes! In the evening we had excitment trying to figure out the El.
I still need to talk about yesterday in St. Louis and what we did there, but I'm really tired and there's a marble bathroom and a terrycloth robe waiting for me, so it'll have to wait.