The Day-Trip to Chicago

We went to Chicago last Wednesday for a Cubs game. As any of you who know me might know, I'm a huge Cubs fan. It was going to be a late night, so we left Christopher at home (although he WILL make a Cubs game before he's 4) and headed off to the windy city. We had a few opportunities to get tickets for the game, but we opted not to spend the $80/ticket it would have cost us to get in. We were happy with that decision for a few reasons:

- the Cubs got rocked 12-3 by the Phillies
- we were able to see and spend time with my wife's cousins from Indiana and some from Philly
who were there to watch the Phillies
- I got to spend a lot of qualty time with my cousin, Janense

So we chilled out at Captain Morgan's outside of Wrigley Field's right field corner, had some good food, some overpriced drinks, and excellent catching up and conversation with friends and family. It was really a good time.

Below: Pictures of Chicago's skyline from the interstate


Below (clockewise from left to right; all pictures from Lake Shore Dr.): A sign for Lake Shore Dr., the busiest, but most beautiful route through Chicago. Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears. The Shedd Aquarium, located next door to Soldier Field. The Field Museum. The fountain at Grant Park. Navy Pier and the HUGE ferris wheel.


Pictures from Wrigley Field
Clockwise from top left: The front of Wrigley Field (you'll see they were off to a great start), Captain Morgan's Club outside of Wrigley's right field bleachers, The Wrigley Rooftops (located across Sheffield Ave. behind right field), The Cubby Bear (locally famous Wrigleyville bar), Harry Carey's (another locally famous Wrigleyville Bar), and the statue of Harry Carey outside of Wrigley Field (its honestly a bit on the creepy side).



Below (clockwise from left to right): Colleen, Me, Ducky (hopefully a nickname), Barb, Theresa, Jim (not a family memeber, but we apparently included him in the picture), Kelly (Col's Indiana cousin), Ed, Janene (my cousin who lives in Chicago), and Trish (Col's other Indiana cousin)

Below: Me and my cousin, Janene

Below (left to right): This was a man with duct tape. He spent about 2 hours setting up a booth selling those stuffed monkeys with long arms that velcro together so you can wear it around your neck. He was knelt behind me with a very long extention chord and duct tape, which initially creeped me out until he told me his motives (using an outlet that was located in a post behind me). He plugged in the extention chord, then drug it about 20 feet along the ground, laying 2-feet at a time, then covering it with duct tape to prvent tripping (I suppose) -- repeating this action until he reached his booth. He got his booth all situated, openned for business, and sold maybe 3 stuffed monkeys. It was quite a display to behold. A Philadelphia Phillies fan's t-shirt...so what? 2 more Phllies fans that my wife's cousin randomly took because she liked their jerseys.