This weekend was Comic Con. Don't feel like talking about it too much but all I'm going to say is that I was minutes away from meeting Brandon Routh (Superman)! Ugh... I knew it was going to happen like this! If I'm up for it, I'll explain it later.
Anyway, my plans for my birthday are up and down. I don't think I'll be going to Hawaii with my cousin anymore so I'm not even sure I'll go. But if I do go, then I might go alone and hang out with friends I know there... but do I really want to do that? If I end up not going, I might go again for Thanksgiving... but I'm not sure if I want to go to Oahu again. I always said my next destination there would be Kauai. So if I don't go to Hawaii for my birthday, should I go through with Vegas? I don't know what to do... obviously, haha...
This weekend went by way too fast, but I'm glad this is a short week.
I spent Saturday with the buddies at a beach house in Huntington Beach. It was a beautiful day and there was a ton of food!!! It was potluck style so I brought spinach artichoke dip. I'm actually quite pleased with how it turned out :)
Sunday, I didn't do too much except clean the house a bit. I was really lazy.
This week is going to be interesting. A friend from out of town will be coming down and I'm not sure how I feel about it. Oh well... hope things work out!
Just days after coming home from Chicago, this happens:
Fire on Chicago subway trainGood thing I wasn't there because we took that blue line everyday!
I finally have some time to update and summarize my awesome trip to Chicago!!! I'm going to try not to spend too much time on it though...
Sunday: I got to Chicago a bit after noon and first tried
Harold's chicken wings. We continued to walk around the Wicker Park area (where my friend lives) and picked up some ice cream from
Oberweis, a delicious dairy and creamery... mmm... I had the turtle sundae. Later that night, my friends had a barbeque at the new place and we had so much food!
Monday: Took the El Train (subway) to go shopping to
The Magnificent Mile and went shopping. I finally got to check out
H&M, but sadly I wasn't too impressed. The store was ridiculously huge and it took me forever to peruse the store.
We ate at
Giordano's for lunch and I tried some Chicago pizza. Let me tell you... I was hurting so bad from all the food!
We walked around some more and checked out
Millenium Park as well as
Grant Park and saw the Buckingham Fountain. The city is so beautiful.
That night we went to a white party at
Reserve, then headed out to
Ontourage and partied until morning!
Tuesday: We woke up late Tuesday morning, but we managed to get out and explore
Navy Pier. There are a lot of shops and a Smith Museum of Stained Glass. It's a pretty long pier with a beautiful view of the city as well as Lake Michigan. We stayed until night and when on an architecture boat tour and watched the fireworks from the boat. It was so pretty!
After that, we tried out the famous
Weiner's Circle and the hot dogs were delicious!
Wednesday: My friend had work this day so I took the subway to go see
Wrigleyfield and walk around Wrigleyville. Unfortunately, the Cubs weren't playing this week so I couldn't go inside and see much of the field nor watch a game :(
For dinner, we went to
Smoke Daddy for some delicious ribs! It was really cool because there was a live jazz/blues band playing. Afterwards, we checked out the
Signature Lounge in the John Hancock Center and had a couple drinks. It was a beautiful view!!!
Thursday: We headed back to Grant Park and wandered around
Taste of Chicago, which I think is an awesome idea!
After engorging ourselves with food that Chicago has to offer, we walked over to the
Sears Tower and went up to the
Skydeck. I got an amazing view of the whole city. Luckily, the visibility was good!
I picked up some Chicago mix popcorn (half cheddar, half caramel) and although it sounds pretty disgusting, it is so addicting and good. It's as my friend would say, "crack" Hehe... That night we partied hard and went to Dragonfly and then hit up
Sound-Bar. I don't remember too much, it was that fun :)
Friday: This was a chill day. We went to watch
Pirates of the Caribbean 2. I don't know what to say about the film, but I agree with this
review word for word. The rest of the day was pretty much more food! I tried
Al's Italian Beef and
Gino's Pizza. I liked the sauce for Gino's but I like the crust for Giordano's better. That night was pretty chill. We stopped by
Darkroom and got a late night meal at
Swank Frank... yes, more hot dogs and a fried twinkie :)
What I loved best about Chicago:
- ease of use and cleanliness of public transportation (subways, cabs)
- cleanliness of city
- architecture and the attention to detail
- revolving doors
- the food!
- the weather, only because it was surprisingly mild while I was there
- my awesome tourguide! :)
What I didn't get to do (but don't completely regret):
- the aquarium
- the planetarium
- fried dough
- italian ice
- White Castle
- shopping at Delia's
- Cubs game
- blues club
Overall, I'd have to say that I LOVE Chicago!!! :D
Last night I watched Superman Returns at the IMAX in Universal City Walk. I enjoyed the film, and I found it really entertaining. Four of the scenes were in 3D, but I have to say that it didn't add too much to the movie experience. Prior to the film, I wasn't sure what I thought about Brandon Routh. I thought he was a good looking guy, but I wasn't sure how he measured on my hot meter. After the movie, my rating for him increased because I got to see him in action instead of seeing him in stills... muy caliente! Too bad his nose is kind of big and his blue eyes aren't real.
I'm just about done packing up my things for Chicago. I leave tomorrow morning and will be gone for a week!!! I'm pretty excited to go site-seeing and to go shop at H&M... I know... I'm lame :P
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