Take me back to Chicago.

Like it or not, we are back. AND I don’t LIKE it! We planned Chicago in the afterglow of our Cabo trip and the only thing that I regret is not figuring out how to stay longer. In true “Adventures of” blog fashion I’ll break down the days.

We left on Thursday, our initial plan was to take the direct flight out of Bismarck to Chicago but because of some aviation politics, we were victims and had to be routed to Chicago through Denver, and I think in the past I’ve expressed how wonderful the Denver Airport is. Oh well, you can’t win them all!

We got to Chicago early evening and took a cab to our hotel room. Our cab ride was one hell of a ride! We cut through a few neighborhoods, took the express line, almost clipped off a biker, drove on the shoulder of the road, drove 90 on the interstate, and watched two BMW’s almost collide. When I saw Matt’s hands clench the seat in front of me I tried not to stress or think what’s the best way to hold on in case of a crash. We did make it safe but I’ll admit, I was a bit nauseous. 

The next adventure was the Travelodge on Harrison and Michigan. I’d like to say this was a quaint and cozy hotel but it was a dump! We walked in and were worried about taking our shoes off! It was a good thing the room was small, that allowed the hotel room to stay cool from the window AC unit. Also, I don’t think people appreciate how nice it is to sit on the bed and be able to reach everything from that place. The furniture was OLLLLDD and beat up, the only art in the room was put up twice, the curtains were awful and I didn’t want to touch them and standing in the tub was like standing on a half-inflated balloon, there was an air bubble in there but I wasn’t sure when it was going to move. One day, Matt yelled from the bathroom, “What are you watching on TV?” I was completely confused; I didn’t even have the TV on….the noise he was hearing was coming through the bathroom vent! We got over the initial disgust with laughter and agreed that we’d always remember this little dump with the sponge paint walls and only one night stand (which was on his side). Oh, did I mention that when we got arrived, there were 4 fire trucks and the bomb squad outside.

We did head out that evening after the 2 disasters of the cab ride and the hotel shock. We were determined to have deep dish pizza! Pizza Due, whose sister pizzeria, Uno, created deep dish. Matt was in heaven and devoured ¾ of the pizza. It was so thick and the tomato was great, I also loved the appetizer of the garlic bread that we had. The pizza took 45 minutes, but it was worth it. It was also a good thing that we had about a mile walk to work off that pizza-greatness. We slept like a rock that night!
Best Meal of the day: Deep Dish: cheese, sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, and green peppers in that CRUST!

MJR: “I got to finish it, I can’t not eat that final piece”
ALM: “You are going to regret it”
MJR: “Maybe, OMNOM NOMNOM, it's so good, om nom nomnom.”