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Good Morning from Chicago

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Hello! We are in Chicago. We arrived Friday afternoon and we are leaving tonight. We are here because our friends Bob and Sarah got married yesterday. Today we are going to baseball.We woke up around 6am today. I wanted to dance by the Bean before too many tourists shows up. It’s very calm in the city that early on a Sunday, not like NYC:) Now I’m sitting by myself having a latte at a cafe. Jim went back to the hotel to sleep a little more. Its nice to be alone sometimes. Kinda wish I had my notebook though, like actual pen and paper, with me, cause now if I have things I want to write down I have to use my phone and I’m trying more and more to not use it every second nothing happens/I get bored. I think it’s a problem in our world now, we turn to our phones every second we can. I have been staring at my coffee and out the windows for a bit now and thought I could take the time to say hi to you guys (from my phone?). Going back to sipping latte now:) Have an awesome day!

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Video: Thanksgiving weekend in Chicago

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Good morning guys! Here’s a video from our Thanksgiving weekend. I wanted to show you guys how it is to celebrate Thanksgiving in the suburbs of Chicago. I’m still pretty new to this whole filming thing so I keep forgetting to film, but there is some footage for you and I kept filming til Sunday when we were back in Stamford. 
I hope you enjoy this video:)

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Our Thanksgiving 2017

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Rizzo, J’s moms new puppy. Super cute little guy

Our trip to Chicago for the Thanksgiving weekend was very short. But we had a great time. The food on Thanksgiving Day was actually fantastic. We had a great time with J’s stepdads side of the family. Half of the people that was supposed to come didn’t make it but we were still a lot of people at the house.
We spent most of Friday at J’s grandparents house. Relaxed and nice. We were watching football, ate yummy food and had a good time together. In the evening we went to see our friends, Bob and Sarah. They had a fun game that we played and we laughed a lot. 
On Saturday, we had to drive to the airport around noon and at 6pm we were back in Stamford (the flight was slightly delayed). Thor was with our other neighbor who had picked him up from the first sitter, so he seemed to have had an awesome Thanksgiving weekend as well. 

Overall, this years celebration was very relaxed, we had a great time and we got to spend time with a bunch of people. Sometimes Thanksgivings or Christmas’s can seem rushed and messy, but even if this was one of the shortest trips we’ve done, it felt like we got enough time with everyone. 

J just got home from a work dinner and I’m waiting to watch the VS Fashion Show. It starts at 10 and I’m already super tired, so it’s gonna be a long night, hahah. 

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Parents in Chicago

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chicago-sept2016_01 chicago-sept2016_03 route66-chicago_01 route66-chicago_02The intersection of the beginning of Route 66
millenium-park-chicago_01 millenium-park-chicago_03 millenium-park-chicago_02Millennium park was beautiful
jazzfestival-dance-chicago-sept2016They all did the choreography they do in the movie Slumdog Millionaire 
chicago-sept2016_02 chicago-sept2016_05 chicago-sept2016_06 chicago-sept2016_07 chicago-sept2016_04 billy-goat-tavern_01Billy Goat Tavern
chicago-sept2016_10 batman-chicago_01Batman: Wayne Enterprises
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My husband and I took my parents to downtown Chicago. Finding a parking space on a early Saturday morning was actually not that hard. We parked on Columbus Drive and walked up along the park and the lake and turned on Jackson Drive, which btw was the beginning of Route 66. The weather was perfect for strolling around in Millennium park, go past The Bean and continue over DuSable Bridge. We tried to find the Marylin Monroe statue but my husband and father had clearly not done their research, cause the statue was moved twice since it’s place in Chicago. 
After a failed mission but other fun tourism, we went to Billy Goat Tavern to cool off. With more energy, we sent my parents off to the Willis Tower (former Sears Tower). After 40 minutes, I got a text from my dad that they had just entered the building and it was two hours of waiting to even go up to the top. We were nearby and we saw the long line outside, so we told them to skip it and we went for a late lunch instead. The city had now started to fill up on big tourist groups and with the Jazz Festival in Millenium park going on, it was now hard to get by anywhere.
We spent almost six hours in the city which was a perfect amount of time. I love Chicago. It has a mini New York feeling to it. There are taller buildings, but not as spread out as in NYC and the streets are wide. I always enjoy going there, and I’m glad my parents finally got to see it.