i heart chicago

I love traveling. Since college, I’ve visited about 15 countries… so yea… I’m a big-time travel-aholic. But for the past 2 years, we’ve been working a LOT. Booked solid, actually. That’s a GREAT thing, but not so great for nursing my travel addiction. I haven’t been on a real, get-outta-Texas vacation since ’08… so when my mom suggested a girls’ getaway to Chicago, I was all about it. We invited my cousin Sherry (who is one of my best friends), bought the tickets, booked the room, and ta da! We were in the Windy City. A city that, in all of my travels, I’d somehow never visited. We had the BEST time and more importantly, my travel addiction has been satisfied. For now. :-)  I was so busy having fun, I didn’t take too many photos (I know, I know… I’ll try to do better next time). But I did manage to snap a few shots. Here are my favorites from the trip. Enjoy.
-Kaylinn
Our first stop – the famous Chicago bean!

A little bit of mirror magic underneath the bean.
I love abstract art. It’s a guilty pleasure of mine that no one else seems to understand. Sherry and my mom begrudgingly visited the Art Institute of Chicago with me… and this is their “I don’t get it” pose. Suuuch good sports.  :-)
Two southern girls trying to figure out how to pay the big-city parking machine. I guess you could say this is another “I don’t get it” pose. :-)
It rained during our boat tour… which turned out to be a blessing in disguise because we got to wear these flattering ponchos. This is me, trying to cinch the waist on mine. FAIL.
We ate lots of fun Chicago food, (Chicago pizza, hot dogs, beef sandwiches, etc.) My plan was to take photos of every one of our yummy meals but Sherry said I was embarrassing her by taking photos of the food in the middle of the restaurant. Ha! So these were the only 2 shots I could manage. :-)
This photo is blurry, I know. But I love it because it captures the craziness of Navy Pier.
The end of the trip! It’s only fitting that I include photos of the Chicago airport because we spent so much time there. Our flight was delayed and we ended up hanging out in the airport for almost EIGHT hours before taking off. Check out all of the happy Southwest customers. :-)
Our plane fiiiinally arrived and back to SA we went. :-)