Chicago with the Libbys'

So I know this was a while ago, but I'm getting ready to head back to Chicago this week, so I thought I would blog about my last trip.

So back in July, I took a long weekend trip to Chicago to visit my sister the flight attendant. I flew in Saturday and my sister came and met me at the airport. After a couple of hours in the airport, Libby had a friend flying in for a layover, we finally headed downtown. After a stop at Libby's cute little apartment, we wandered around downtown. We walked the streets of Chicago, road the Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier, and took a water taxi up the Chicago river.
Sunday we just went to church, then met up with cousin Libby and just hung out all day.
Monday we went to the Lincoln Park Zoo, ate some delicious food at Glenn's Diner (which was on Diner's, Drive-in, and Dives), went to Wrigley Field, went to a Goose Island bar and got some soda (side note, I am now addicted to their Spicy Ginger Soda! So good!), then ended in Millenium park where we saw the Bean and watched a free concert in the park.
Tuesday we ended up parting ways, and when I got home to Salt Lake I had discovered that my precious Amelia (that's my old Honda Civic if you didn't know) was stolen for the second time.
It's probably a good thing I had just had a fun, relaxing weekend or else I probably would have been much more upset about my car being stolen. Don't worry, I'm taking all the precautions I can with my new car. I'm sure she will still be safe and sound once I get back from Chicago this next time.

The Soup Kitchen

This is for my sister, so Libby you better be happy. Friday, Allison and I went to a little restaurant just down the road from our house. The restaurant is called the Soup Kitchen and they have a variety of soups and sandwiches.

Chicken breast sandwich with lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, and onions (the last two I picked off of course).

A cup of Chili, yes I know, but I've been craving chili all week.

Onion rings that Allison bought and we shared.

Here's the Soup Kitchen.

I also discovered a cool, used bookstore across the street from the restaurant. Another discovery that I've made, or better yet that Allison showed to me, is this cool new age store and cafe that is a couple of miles from our house. I can't remember what it's called but they have these delicious smoothies. They have a Mango basil smoothie and a Peach Lavender smoothie, both of which I tried, and both were amazing!
I need to go exploring more of the city and find a lot more of these hidden treasures. I am beginning to like it up here more, I haven't really made anymore friends up here, other than the people I work with, but I'm trying to enjoy my new life up here.