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Chicago {Part Two}

Part Two of Chicago begins with lunch on Sunday.  This was the time for our deep dish Chicago pizza, and we selected Lou Malnati's.  There are several locations throughout Chicago, but we selected the one on North State Street and it was in a very cute area.  I took a pic of the menu, but failed to get one of the wonderful deep dish pizza!
After lunch, we took an uber over to North Avenue Beach to see the skyline of Chicago...

Then it was off to Wrigley Field...

It was rainy on and off, but our seats were covered so it was fine

We had managed to get dinner reservations at Girl & the Goat, but as we waited for our pizza at lunch, we discussed and decided to switch reservations to Little Goat Diner (same Chef).
It was so neat, and also located in a very cute area.
 Again, I failed at pics of our food, but did get a pic of this Honey Ice Cream Sundae.
Oh.  My.  Word!
 Monday morning, we went to Wildberry Pancakes & Cafe for breakfast.  We ordered the Signature Berry Bliss Pancakes and the seasonal Pumpkin & Walnut French Toast...
 They were both amazing!
 On the way to breakfast we noticed they were shooting an episode of "Chicago Fire" right by our hotel.  We watched for a bit, and then when we went to the room to pack up, I took these pics...

Next stop was the Art Institute

 Renior

 Seurat
 Monet will never not be my favorite
 But I do always love Tolouse-Lautrec
 More from the Monet rooms...



 A giant Georgia O'Keeffe
 "American Gothic" by Grant Wood





 After the museum we went to Goddess and the Baker for lunch.  My sandwich was yummy, but they had the best vanilla cake (you can get a white funfetti version, or a rainbow version).  It was so very good.
On the way back to the hotel we stopped and saw Cloudgate, or as it is more commonly known, The Bean.



And that's a wrap on Chicago!
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