Day 3: Windy City, Sweatshirt, and University Hopping- June 7th, 2011

We began our second full day in Chicago with leftover deep dish pizza for breakfast. I noticed the incredible amounts of cheese they put in the pizza the second time around. Lizzie ate her piece without reheating it; I had to put mine in the microwave. There was just too much cheese to feel good about eating as a solid mass—i needed it liquified.

We spent the next hour or so walking to the Northwestern campus. We toured the law school (beautiful facilities! I loved it.) and then we did some more window shopping on the Magnificent Mile, mainly because Liz discovered an Anthroplogie store (what’s so great about that store, ladies? I still don’t understand)

After about twenty minutes looking for the Metra station at Millenium Park (Google maps: yes, technically, you are correct, the station is underneath the park. But the entrance is across the street on a completely different block! Please change your map accordingly), we boarded a Metra train and headed south to 59th street and the University of Chicago campus. We toured the law school. Lizzie loved the UChicago campus, while I preferred the Northwestern diggs. While at the Chicago campus, we also walked all around the campus looking for a sweatshirt for Lizzie (long story short: women get cold, especially when it’s very windy, even in June). We found the perfect jacket and then caught a bus for….

…the Museum of Science and Industry. We happened to come on a free day, which was a wallet-happy surprise. Highlights of the museum: robots, astronaut ice cream, tsunami wave exhibits, and a crazy interactive mirror.

After the museum closed, we caught a bus back to downtown, then hitched onto another bus to Navy Pier. We ate at the Harey Carey restaurant. Lizzie didn’t really like her club sandwhich but I had the Holy Cow burger and it was incredible. It was juicy, flavorful, and had the perfect amount if sauteed mushrooms and onions. After dinner, we walked to the Shakespeare theater and watched a two-actor murder musical called Murder for Two. The show was funny and entertaining. We both enjoyed it