Chicago Days Four/Five
On Tuesday we woke up to a bright and sunny day in Milwaukee. We drove to the Pabst Mansion and waited for a tour. It was a gorgeous building but it's a shame we couldn't look around it by ourselves. Only the two of us were there and if we weren't standing next to the guide at all times she assumed we were bored.
We went into the city for lunch and found the espionage restaurant. Without a doubt, it's the most fun place I've ever eaten. We spent forever in there. You have find the secret passage to get in, and then you're seated in this private little booths with doors. The food was very good. All the cocktails are named after people from Bond movies and their martinis are mixed by shooting the cocktail shaker through a shoot that goes through every room in the building. You can get up and wander around to look at the displays. They have autographs hanging of famous people who've visited the restaurant (James Masters, Britney Spears, Mark Hamil, etc) and a giant mechanical puzzle that Kerry and I still can't figure out. They have secret passages out of the building and when we were ready to leave we used the one in the phone booth. I'm glad we went to Milwaukee just for that.
We got our photo taken with the Bronze Fonz statue (what visit to Milwaukee would be complete otherwise) and then drove back to Chicago to do some shopping. Sadly most of the stuff we looked at was out of our price range. After dinner we went to the top of the Hancock Observatory and we could see the whole of the city. It was incredible.
Yesterday it rained most of the day, so we went driving around the suburbs (yes, yes, Glenview, Wilmette, we weren't stalking, just curious) and we went to Legoland and had our photos taken with lego Darth Vader and lego Harry Potter. We went to The Cheesecake Factory for dinner and then watched Lost. We were going to go out after that but then the thunderstorm started and what with the rain, wind and lightning, we didn't really want to be outside.
Today looks like it's going to be a beautiful day though.
We went into the city for lunch and found the espionage restaurant. Without a doubt, it's the most fun place I've ever eaten. We spent forever in there. You have find the secret passage to get in, and then you're seated in this private little booths with doors. The food was very good. All the cocktails are named after people from Bond movies and their martinis are mixed by shooting the cocktail shaker through a shoot that goes through every room in the building. You can get up and wander around to look at the displays. They have autographs hanging of famous people who've visited the restaurant (James Masters, Britney Spears, Mark Hamil, etc) and a giant mechanical puzzle that Kerry and I still can't figure out. They have secret passages out of the building and when we were ready to leave we used the one in the phone booth. I'm glad we went to Milwaukee just for that.
We got our photo taken with the Bronze Fonz statue (what visit to Milwaukee would be complete otherwise) and then drove back to Chicago to do some shopping. Sadly most of the stuff we looked at was out of our price range. After dinner we went to the top of the Hancock Observatory and we could see the whole of the city. It was incredible.
Yesterday it rained most of the day, so we went driving around the suburbs (yes, yes, Glenview, Wilmette, we weren't stalking, just curious) and we went to Legoland and had our photos taken with lego Darth Vader and lego Harry Potter. We went to The Cheesecake Factory for dinner and then watched Lost. We were going to go out after that but then the thunderstorm started and what with the rain, wind and lightning, we didn't really want to be outside.
Today looks like it's going to be a beautiful day though.