. I got back on Sunday and am finally ready to post since I have some time. Courtney, Steph, Dawna and I drove into Chicago Friday night. We were expecting a lot of traffic and construction, but surprisingly there wasn't much and we arrived within 4 hours. With the time difference it seemed even earlier! Courtney and I stayed with my cousin Nupur, while Steph and Dawna stayed a few miles away with Jenny. Nupur's place is really cute! She has a doorman and a lobby in her building. It looked like a hotel! Her neighborhood is called the "Gold Coast." That night we decided to head downtown, which is a few miles south of her place. All 7 of us (including Nupur's roommate Carolyn) spent most of the time at Soundbar. It's the club featured in "The Break Up," which I'm sure you all went out to see!
On Saturday, Courtney, Nupur, and I walked to Michigan Avenue where all the shops are. It was really hot outside so we decided to stop and see "Devil Wears Prada." I had been dying to see it, and I think it was really well done. My sister didn't like how they changed major plot points from the book so in that respect, it's not REALLY well done. Let's just say if it was just a movie, I would've given it an A. I'm still going to buy it when it comes out :) Then we headed to North Avenue Beach. I noticed that wherever we went, the age group was usually between 20-30, with virtually no older people or families. Apparently, Chicago is the city for young professionals to go to. There's nightlife and starting jobs everywhere. The beach was pretty cool and Lake Michigan is beautiful! We saw a guy holding his large pet snake. He got a lot of attention, which is probably why he brought it, but we just thought it was weird. That evening, we went out for sushi, yum! It was in walking distance to Nupur's apt and they actually had spicy scallops on the menu! It's my favorite and I rate sushi places based on if they have that on the menu. That evening we joined the other gals (Steph, Dawna, Jenny) at Wrigleyville. It's a whole bunch of restaurants and bars outside the stadium. One of the places we went to had a cover band that only played one hit wonders. I requested "Chumbawumba." They didn't play it; I guess they thought the band had more than one hit which is highly unlikely...
And Sunday was the BEST day! Jenny's friends owned a boat (don't ask me how 20 somethings can afford to buy a boat) so we did that most of the day. It was more like a motor boat and from the marina to the "play pen" the driver topped out at 70-80 mph which is REALLY fast in water. We were holding on to the sides and whenever we hit a wave or drove in someone's wake the boat would jump. It was like a rollercoaster, so fun! At the play pen, which is an area of Lake Michigan where boats just anchor and hang out, we just treaded in the water. There were tons of boats anchored and you could just swim over to another boat to say hi. We got life vests out and instead of wearing them we just held onto them in the water so we could float without treading. After the "roller coaster" back to the marina, we drove home.
Because it was so hot out last weekend, I burned a little on my back and stomach... Not cool. I even have a mild sunglasses tan, which isn't very flattering either. Yesterday, I felt so itchy that Matt took me to Target to buy some anti-itch stuff. I'm glad we did that because I feel much better. Matt burns all the time so he gave me some burning advice, hehe. I usually tan everywhere and burn only on my nose, cheeks and shoulders. The back and stomach burning are so much worse!
Well, I had a really good time in Chicago and as soon as my friends send me pictures I can post some. I thought my camera broke so I stopped taking pictures after the first day. After reading my manual when I got home, I really just pushed a button that turns off my LCD screen and I just had to push it again, oops!
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