Birthday Trip: Chicago

Last night after the concert was a little unbelievable. I had a room reserved at the Red Roof Inn in Willowbrook, IL. When we got there, sometime around midnight, I was informed that they had no more rooms. The young guy working the front desk was unhelpful, and the 800 number said I needed to deal with him. My credit card reservation entitles me to a night at another hotel on their dime if they overbook their hotel, but he took so long I just gave up and left. I drove south on I-55 until I came to the Springhill Suites at the Bolingbrook exit. It is $35 more than the reservation, but it was a bed to sleep in.

We got downtown early, because I was worried about traffic and parking. Neither of these were an issue. We drove right up Lakeshore Drive and straight into a mostly empty parking garage on Randolph Street.

We went on a segway tour with City Segway Tours. It was a rainy morning, but the tour was really fun!





After our three hour tour (a three hour tour), we ate at Giordano's in the Prudential Building.


We ate dessert first:


Then stuffed pizzas:


Then we walked through the theater district up to
The Sears Tower. Except it is officially called "Willis Tower" now.







On the way home, Chris accidently threw ketchup all over my car: