Chicago Girl's Trip

I am not sure men really understand friendship. Mike has some really good friends from college. They never see one another. They may talk on the phone occasionally, but they never get together. It's just not something they make an effort to do.

 

 

I explain to Mike that girls can't do that. They need to get together. They need to talk on the phone. They need to see one another and spend time together. They must make an effort.

 

 

If my friends went a year without talking to me (like Mike's friends do) we would no longer be friends. I guess men and women are just different that way.

 

 

So, this summer I decided it was time for a girls trip. It was time to get my favorite long-time friends together for longer than just a dinner or drink.

 

We were going to Chicago!

 

My best three high school friends planned a long weekend of pampering in the big city. It's always my favorite place to go in the summer and although it was sad to not be there with Mike, I kind-of saw the city a little differently going with just girlfriends.

 

Here is Cindy and Leslie at the airport. Lisa lives outside of Chicago so she would be picking us up from the airport.

 

 

 

We stayed at the Intercontinental which was a very nice hotel right on Michigan Avenue.

 

 

 

The first night we ate out at The Hubbard Inn. Great food! I had tortellini that night and it was really good.  It was so nice to just hang out and talk and not have to rush through our dinner to get home.

 

 

 

 

That night after dinner we went to the top of Trump Tower for a drink. I was shocked you could just go up to the rooftop and hang out! I figured you had to be staying there. The views were incredible.

 

 

 

I know, My friends are beautiful, aren't they?

 

 

 

We slept in the next morning (some of us longer than others) and decided on a movie. I know that sounds like a crazy thing to do in the big city, but we all agreed we weren't interested in shopping all day and walking all over. We wanted to RELAX! So, we had a lovely $28 apiece breakfast (all comped thanks to a later than expected check-in. Little did they know we couldn't have cared less as we just sat in the hotel lounge and had a cocktail which is what we would have done anyway! Did I mention the drinks were also comped?). The breakfast was awesome and we filled up and skipped lunch in exchange for yummy popcorn at the movies. We saw Way Way Back which was very comical and lots of one liners that I am still using like "C You Next Tuesday". I highly recommend it.

 

After the movie (which we were all dressed up for in dresses and heels due to our evening plans) we headed to The Paris Club for dinner. Again, the food was amazing. I had mushroom risotto that night and it was really delicious! Lisa made all the restaurant reservations for this trip and she did good!

 

 

 

Then we were off to see The Book of Mormon.

 

 

 

I am convinced after going to Chicago for the last 6 summers that you MUST have one big thing to do while you are there. It's just so awesome to have one thing that makes the trip special. This play was so awesome. We laughed and laughed through the whole thing! Really, really great show!

 

 

 

After the play were went to Michael Jordan's Steakhouse which was attached to our hotel for one more cocktail. I ordered a piece of cake for us to share. It was 43 layers.

 

 

Needless to say there was a lot left over.

 

 

It was sad to have to say good-bye and head back to normal life, but it was such a relaxing and enjoyable trip. I miss them all so much already. I wish we could do this trip every month. I appreciate these friendships and value them. Thank you, girls for the amazing weekend and for being my sistahs! I love all of you.

 

LB