Roadtrip to Chicago

Last weekend I made the 6+ hour drive to Chicago with Anna and Dayna. Thank god for iPods and car adapters, cause we couldn't listen to country the whole way there.

I did see a couple firsts on the road though. My first dead deer by the side of the road (so sad), and my first Cracker Barrel restaurant. They had rockingchairs on the "porch" of the restaurant. Very country.

I also got to drive through, and stop for a quick bite in, the state of Wisconsin. Not really much there. Got some weird postcards though. Apparently one of the cities we drove through is considered the Go Cart Capital. Huh.

We got to Chicago friday night and just hung out with Stefenie and Annie and had a nice girl talk session. How I miss those! We woke up on Saturday to a rainy day, but that wasn't going to stop us from going to Dayna's favorite place.... the Oprah Studio!!




Next we went to The Orb (or at least that's what we called it. But look at it, wouldn't you agree?)


Here I am in the rainy reflection of it.

And here we all are!


But don't worry, the rain didn't bother us too much because Dayna had the world's biggest umbrella to keep us dry with.


After that we picked out one of the tall super fancy buildings and decided that THIS was where Oprah had a flat.

Then we proceeded to take artsy 1950's style "LOOK!" photos as we gazed up and pointed at the building.




After this we got hungry and decided to go to Ed Debevicks for lunch/dinner. If you don't know about this place, they are infamous for their bad and rude service. When we walked in the door some dude put his hand in Stefenie's face, then did the high-five fake out to me. That made me mad so I hit him on his back as he walked away. hehe


They threw these paper hats at us and demanded that we put them on, so we did then decided to ask the nice people at the table next to us to capture the moment for us.


Some city shots (sorry they are a bit grey, it was rainy!!)





After that we went for a little shopping before the food coma took it's full affect and we went home for a nap before we went out for karaoke!!! I'll save those pics for the next posting, but here is a preview!



We're so hott we've gotta wear shades ;D