Weekend in Chicago

I just spent five days in the "windy city" with my friends Jennifer and Marian.  We stayed with Pete's sister Mary, who is the hostess with the mostest!  What a fun time we had!  We spent an afternoon at the Shedd Aquarium, which has a wonderful new "oceanaruim" with whales and dolphins and lots of other creatures.  It was really cool!

Then we saw two shows that Mary recommended to us.  One was an Arthur Miller written in 1947 called "All my Sons".  It was very well acted with an excellent message.   And then we saw "The Million Dollar Quartet", which is the story of the December evening in 1954 (?) that Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins spent time together at the Sun Studio in Nashville just jamming and playing all their hits.  It was great music - and a rather touching story about all of them.  

 

We went to afternoon Tea at the Peninsula Hotel, which is right downtown next to the Water Tower Building.  It was lovely - tiny little sandwiches and scones and sweets - and as much tea as you wanted!  There were violin players in the balcony - just a lovely afternoon.  Even my friend Marian - who does not like tea! - said it was lovely and she would do it again.  

We also watched two movies - "Doubt" and "Revolutionary Road".  Both were very interesting and thought provoking.  It's always amazing how people can watch the same movies and come away with different messages!

And on Sunday afternoon we took a boat cruise down the Chicago River and out along the lakefront.   It was an "architectural tour" pointing out all the building/landmarks on the Chicago skyline.  It was a rather windy day, and when the boat got out into Lake Michigan, those waves whipped right over the side of the boat and we got soaked!  All in the fun!

I also learned why Chicago is called the "windy city"!  It isn't  because of the strong air currents!  It's because of the politicians from Chicago and their reputation as being very long-winded and loud!  

So it was a fun few days away!  And when we got back into Marshfield on Monday evening, it was so lovely to see our quiet streets where there are plenty of places to park and nobody charges you $$$$ so you can park and shop.  I'm glad I live here!!