Milking the Honeymoon Experience

This past weekend we went on a vacation to Chicago which turned out to be more of an adventure as we suit-cased it through the Windy City.

We planned to stay in the heart of Chicago at The Palmer House. When we tried to check in they notified us that our reservation had been canceled due to non-payment. We had booked with 1800Hotels.com which apparently took our money, canceled our reservation and filed for bankruptcy earlier that day. To make matters even worse, The Palmer House was totally booked for the next two nights and so were most of the hotels in the area. We were homeless.

I only knew one person who lived in Chicago so I called in a favor. We were suppose to have dinner with them while we were there but that turned into dinner and a night on their couch. THANKS AMBER, KENNY & MISS MOLLY!

We were able to find a hotel to stay at the next night. We checked in early at Hotel 71, grabbed some lunch, walked around a little, took a nap and then we were off to my first baseball game at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were playing the Phillies and they totally kicked their butt. My hubby is a Phillies fan so it was a sad to watch this ass whooping, especially from the great seats we had.

The next day we trekked back to the Palmer House, checked in, and then were off to "Eat More Monuments." We did all the normal touristy things ... Field Museum, Navy Pier, Millennium Park, the Skydeck at Willis Tower, the Shedd Aquarium, and of course Gino's Deep Dish Pizza!

It was celebrity central this past week in Chicago as well. We bumped (unfortunately not literally) into Bill Rancic outside his apartment. We were with feet of him and all I could do was stand there in utter shock and hit Chad in the arm. They were also filming Transformers 3 directly across the street from our first hotel (Hotel 71). I was determined to find another famous person, and get a picture this time, but all I found was their trashed cars.

We ended our trip on a good note though ... since it was our "honeymoon", the Palmer House surprised us with Champagne, strawberries and chocolate on our last night there. Now that's what I'm talking about!