Roaming Tennessee Girl

my new love:)

I meet someone new a few weeks ago and fell a little in love. It was big and shiny and just beautiful. A few sundays ago I was introduced to Chicago. I love the big city and have since I went to my first true city in 1999. I meet Detroit and have meet many others in the last 9 years. Chicago just entered my top 5 favorite cities:) things i loved....
10. Wrigley Field is a slice of American pie. I am not a lover of baseball and have no team commitments but seeing it reminded me of hot dogs, fans and american family fun.
9. Shopping... there is just something amazing about a city that has a Magnificent Mile of every kind of store you could every imagine. H&M brought back the best memories:)
8. Public transportation... any city with a great train and subway system will always make my list.
7. Hot dog while walking on Navy Pier...Chicago's version of Coney Island...smaller but much cleaner. nothing says all american like eating the best hot dog ever while walking next to the water on a sunny day.
6. Art institute of Chicago...not the best museum ever but i have really high standards. however i am glad i got to have my ferris buelluer moment just the same. and monet always makes me happy.
5. boat ride on the river....we splurged and took the architectural boat tour of downtown chicago. It was the perfect way to enjoy the history of Chicago. Architecture is always a fun subject for me, and i enjoyed being able to learn more about what i was looking at. the guide gave us plenty of info on where batman was filmed also. the captains were pretty cute too:)
4. true chicago pizza...thick, cheesy, tomato mess..it was truly worth the 45 minute wait and walking in the rain to get to perfect restaurant...
3. the last night there...it isn't often that i can say it was a perfect evening but it was pretty close...long and lovely italian dinner, flirty waiter (good thing i have cute friends:), great wine, time looking at the city skyline and drinks at the top of a yuppy club and then our chauffeur arrived to carry us back to the hotel...yeah i know!!
2. Zafar...our first night in the city we were sort of adopted by a lovely pakistan man named zafar. he was our cab driver who took us back to our fancy hotel in the suburbs. we spent the next 3 days traveling with zafar. he picked us and carted us where we needed to go and brought us back safely anytime we needed him. all it took was one phone call and a location and he was there. the car was nice but the conversations and getting know a little about him were priceless (sorry couldn't resist the cheesy line). he made our trip special. if you ever go to chicago i have the perfect taxi driver to carry you around.
1. Last but not least was being able to see chicago with the Kelly's...i am blessed to have two friends with the exact same name and the confusion is well worth it. I can only think of a few people i would enjoy such a trip with, and the kellys are on the short list. they were willing to put up with my planning and were even grateful for the cheesy touristy book that i bought. I love that i got to meet chicago with them. some friends are difficult to travel with but not the Kellys!

posted by deanna @ 4:53 PM