Birthday trip to Chicago

Deanna and Denise were born 2 days after me on March 29th. We often do something fun to celebrate our birthdays together. This year we took a day trip to Chicago!

Our first stop was at the Bean!

Many photos were taken there....


Then we went to find lunch...a Chicago style hot dog! Several of my students from the CHicago area recomended going to Gold Coast Dogs, so we did...


We looked at lots of sculpture art in the city...

"Momument with Standing Beast" by Jean Dubuffet

"God Bless America" by J. Steward Johnson

"Picasso" by Picasso

"The Four Seasons" by Marc Chagall

We made a stop at Ethel's Chocolate Lounge...partly to get a photo for my Mom (her first name is Ethel, shhhh....she doesn't like people to know that!) and partly to enjoy some tasty chocolate!

We took torns wearing the now famous Birthday hat!

We did some shopping/looking at stores...

And we ate dinner at Giordano's! Yummmm!


It was a day full of famous sites, good shopping, delicious food, and time spent with very good friends! Happy birthday to us!