Windy City

Chicago! Another major metropolis marked off the list. We didn't get to stay for too long, but it was long enough to see the area. Our hotel was downtown, right on Michigan Avenue (the Madison Avenue of Chicago, apparently).

















A view of the end of Michigan Ave








Grant Wood's Mom and Pop made the star list

After a bit of traveling by the looks of that suitcase













The Chicago Water Tower located in downtown.

Neat story surrounding the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

















And for lunch, what else but an authentic Chicago deep-dish pizza from Gino's. And I have to admit I'm a complete convert to their way of life. Or way of pizza, at least. The cheese goes on first, then the goodies, and the tasty sauce last. It's much easier to eat than say, Papa John's, where the sauce oozes out everywhere. And the vegetables absorbed the flavorfulness of the sauce during the ultra-long brick oven engagement. I carried this thing all the way home.