Weekend in Chicago

My best friend Jeff's wanted to ride the train into Chicago for his birthday, so he invited four of us to go along with him and Kerry to celebrate. The train really isn't the most efficient way for us to get to the windy city on a normal day because we had to drive south an hour and ½ out of the way to Mt. Pleasant to board. The funny part is, with the bad weather, we may have canceled or plans if we hadn’t taken the train. Even though the train ran late, I still think we wouldn’t have gotten there that much faster driving. I’m sure no one would have wanted to drive that distance with the weather being bad.

We stayed at The City Center downtown. After arriving we had a few hours to relax before us heading out to dinner at 9 pm at The Raw Bar. It was one of those nights that everything fell into place. The food, entertainment, service and company made it a night that I will never forget. Later we all went our separate ways, some went back to the hotel, some dancing and Daryl and I ended up at the John Hancock building having a couple martinis’ on the 96th floor.

Sunday morning we went to the House of Blues before checking out of the hotel and heading for the train station. Every Sunday they feature live gospel music and an all-you-can-eat southern style buffet. We got a little Jesus and had our fill of great food.

Of course the weather turned bad again on the way home. It was a little scary driving home from the train station, but Kerry handled it well and we made it home at around 9 pm on Sunday night. What a wonderful weekend we had!

The train station at Mt. Pleasant.