So after eating at Ed Debevics we went on to our hotel, the Hyatt Regency on Wacker. $73 on Hotwire!! Yeah Baby!! So we get our key for our room on the...17th floor?? Hello!! I called and requested 4th and below! Fire, people! Hotels catch FIRE! Plus anything above the 4th floor and I can feel the building sway...it's not pretty.
So fancy Chicago clerk lady gives us a new room key for the 4th floor and when we get up to it we slide our key in and the door only opened about 6 inches. It was locked from the inside. My first thought was wow, how did they do that? This IS a fancy hotel. Then we heard the TV and saw the lights on and clothes hanging in the closet!! AHhhhh, the room was already occupied! So we bolted for the elevator, went back to fancy Chicago clerk lady and told her what had happened and all she said was "Oh, let me get you a new room." Really?
Ok, so our new room had no roommates so we took it. That evening we decided to go for a walk up Michigan Ave. It was a perfect night. We walked about 8 blocks then saw a horse and buggy so we decided to take a ride. The driver talked our ear off the whole time. About everything and nothing at all. She at one point even mentioned "pimping out her horse." Glad the girls didn't hear that. That's just the question I want my 6 year old asking: mommy what does pimping mean?
So the next morning we had planned a surprise trip to Navy Pier to see our first ever IMAX movie. And guess what? It was sold out! A 10a.m. movie sold out? The girls handled the disappointment very well. So we hopped on a bus to American Girl. My daughters mecca. They L O V E American Girl. And so do I. The books are fabulous. The dolls are beautiful. The store is pink. What more do you need?
We had lunch there. Well worth it. The AG website does NOT sell it well. I could sell it well. It was the best food we'd had in Chicago the last 2 trips. Mostly because we have to eat at gimmicky places because the kids love it. And that's alright. But it was nice to finally have some good food.
So, that was this years trip. This is turning out to be a tradition for us. Remember last years visit?
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Maybe the roommate was part of Priceline's special? ;) Overall, it sounds like a wonderful weekend, Alice! Glad you had a good trip! =)
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