Chi-town
Well, so what do all my excusrions have in common? some sort of drama, right? Ok...so the joys of flying standby...right? Well, I went to Chicago Tuesday morning...got in around 11AM and checked into a hotel before I went gallavanting around the windy city. I got to Chicago ready for warmer weather...well, not, it was 35 degrees there!!! So I trecked out in my hoodie and got a train and went down town.
I got off the train at what seemed like a logical spot...it wasn't so logical, but it still worked. And I went and just walked...I figured that I'd find something interesting. I stumbled upon these apartment buildings (I think they're apartments) and they were in the shape of a circle and the cars were smashed in there as they were parked.
It sounded easier than it was!!! I didn''t find the pizza joint...so I decided..this is Chicago, there has to be one sooner or later. I kept walking and found a Unos Pizza...I wasn't about to stop there because we have them in Pittsburgh...so I kept walking and found a place called Deu Deep Dish Pizza and went in there to eat some grub...I was starving at this point.
I head down (well I guess it would be over) to lake michigan...I figure that's something you should see in the city and catch the Navy Pier...which there wasn't anything too fun going on at that time!! And get bored easily (as you can tell I have a short attention span) and head back out to the city....hmmm...what else should I see while I'm here I thought? I know....SEARS TOWERS!!!! So I get out my map to see where it is in conjunction to where I am.
It was interesting...but I do see a trend...when I go places that are tall the top is shut down. I went to the empire state building in high school and I couldn't go to the top and I could only go to the 99th floor in the sears tower...what a bummer. I also thought there would be a place to eat at the top...you know like in sleepless in seatle how they eat at the empire state building. Nope...it was all bare floor...nothing too interesting except looking out the windows!!!
So I head down the elevator and ask the attendent where a good place to eat is...she said the same place I was told to go earlier...but this time the deep dish place was across the street!!! Yay...real deep dish pizza....I head over to Giordiano's and get some...and let me just say it's better than UNOS!!!
I make it back to the hotel and crash hard so I could get ready for my big day on Wedensday!
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
Earlier that day I went to a deep dish restaurant and the crust was just pulled up and there was a lot of sauce in it with a lot of toppings and the base was so thin that it didn't taste good to eat it. But later in the day, eating the same thing for dinner but at a different place, I found what real deep dish pizza is supposed to taste like! This pizza came out and looked so glorious! The pizza had multiple layers. The bottom layer was the crust...then the toppings...then another layer of crust and finally, my favorite part of pizza, the sauce! The taste made my taste buds come a live and I savored every moment of my well deserved pizza!
There's not much to say about the Sears Tower... I thought it was going to be a lot cooler...maybe with a restaurant on top (I was hungry when I went there... but what else is new). You go in, get your ticket, get your photo taken (so you can buy it later---they felt bad for me because I was by myself)... ship you off to a movie room where you get to hear how it was made and the history of sears roebuck and company and how they made their millions... not talking about how they're a dying company now. You wait inline for an elevator and get shipped up to the top floor for the viewing deck where you get to see the city out of smudged windows that show on the photo's you're trying to take.
The one good aspect was that the workers there are very friendly and informative when asking where I should go for dinner
|
|
