We loved our hotel, it was right in downtown Chicago, but a couple blocks off the “Magnificent Mile” (the shopping strip). So our area was a little quieter. Our beds were gushy-soft and everything was clean and beautiful. We really lucked out, since we just picked a place off the internet! The hotel was right next to the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago NBC Studios. We noticed lines into NBC and one of our cab drivers informed us that people were lining up to be audience members at the Jerry Springer show. Hmmm, we got the better end of that studio taping!!
A picture of our hotel:
A picture of our room (off the internet):
The next day, our goal was spoiling our girls – that’s right, we grown-up ladies went to the American Girl store in Chicago. It’s awesome, both in size and quantity of products. We became little girls again, giddy with all the merchandise, as well as the doll salon, doll hospital, café, theatre and library. We spent way too much time and money there, but we loved every minute of it. We were completely jealous of the moms who had their girls with them and who were starry-eyed and mesmerized (the girls AND the moms). We’ll have to take another trip with our daughters in tow.
We then met up with our friend, Valerie for a quick lunch and chat. Val lives in Indiana, in a suburb of Chicago. It was nice to catch up with her, even though it was brief.
Then, more shopping and back to the hotel. We couldn’t really go out for long that night because we had been instructed to watch “Oprah’s Big Give” at 8pm, then it was to bed, as we had to get up early in the morning to look beautiful for the camera. Too bad the camera didn’t find us! (which was fine, since we really didn’t sleep well that night, anyway).
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