We landed at Chicago O’Hare on Monday morning and took the subway from the airport to downtown. Our room wasn’t ready so we dropped off our bags and headed out. Not quite the load of the people in Shanna’s Viet-Nam photos, this was the delivery guy for the sandwich shop we had lunch at.

The Water Tower in downtown Chicago, one of the few surviving buildings from the Great Fire of 1871.

There were beds and beds of tulips in the downtown core.

Looking south on Michigan Avenue.

Outside a candy store in The Water Tower Place mall.

The dresses were made from Skittles wrappers and Jelly Belly wrappers.

The Hershey Store.

We were staying at the Allerton Hotel right on Michigan Avenue.

With both the Blackhawks and the Bulls in the playoffs, there were a lot of jerseys arounds, even on these statues outside one of the hotels.

We had dinner at Giordano’s and had some deep dish pizza.

After dinner we headed to the Signature lounge on the 96th floor of the John Hancock Center. The lounge is free to visit, but the drinks are pricey. We were able to get a table by the window with a view of the south.