Chi-Caaaa-Go!

So I have finally been to Chicago.

Yes. I had never really been there before. Sad? You betchya! It isn't my fault...I blame my parents. They don't like crowds. They would not have liked it this weekend. We got there at about 830 Friday night, had some grilled pizza, drank some beer, watched some tube.

Saturday we caught the Metra to downtown. Which, by the way, we didn't have to pay for. They never came around to get tickets. We walked around, saw the Sears, er, Willis Tower. Saw some other buildings and started to walk to Navy Pier. We were running late so we had to catch a bus. Holy crowded bus batman! It was jam frackin' packed. It was the Air and Water Show that weekend so that added to the madness. We saw Aladdin at the Shakespeare Theater. It was pretty good. No Abu, that made me a little sad.
After the show we walked along the beachfront up to the Lincoln Park Zoo. While walking we watched some of the planes. Crazy SOBs those pilots. Ca-ray-ze! From the park we walked to Wrigley Field and got there right as the Cubs game got out. It was packed. I felt a little nauseous being around all those Cubs fans. Yuck. We then walked from Wrigley back to Scott and Josh's to relax and have some dinner. I think we probably walked seven or eight miles that day. I googled it and from Navy Pier to Wrigley is about 5 and a half.
After dinner we went to Improv Olympic right by Wrigley and saw what I guess is the show they are best known for, The Harold. It is when they take an audience suggestion and do a thirty minute show from it. The first group did radio and the second did Wisconsin thanks to Scott. It was a really good show. It is pretty amazing what they can come up with on the fly. Plus it was neat to see were people like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler got their start.
Sunday we caught the Metra out of town but this time we had to pay. Booooooo! It's alright. Five bucks for unlimited rides on the weekend, not a bad deal. We went up to the 'burb Winneetka. AB and me didn't know why we were going there. As we were walking down the residential streets with nothing but houses around us I was thinking it had to be a house from a movie. I thought maybe Ferris Bueller. No, no. It was the house from Home Alone! Right when we got there the guy who lived there came outside. Awkward! So we crossed the street to look at it some more. We took pictures in front of it but they are on Ashley's camera. Then we ate at the Panera which was the market in the film. Then we headed back to the city and left a little while later.

It was a blasty blast of a weekend.