chicago :: mommy and ella's adventure

A few weekends ago, Ella and I finally were able to make the trip to see the best friend and cousin in the world, Smudge. We made the drive, just the two of us for a girl's weekend! We had so much fun and it was so good "gathering" (ahem) at Smudge's awesome condo in a very cute part of downtown Chicago. The weather was not as awesome as we had hoped for, but there was no rain-so we were thankful. We spent time downtown, visited the Lincoln Park Zoo, and even enjoyed a beautifl walk along that side of Lake Michigan! It is such a bummer living so far away from you Smudge, but at least you live in a cool place we can make special visits to! Thank you for having us. :)



Love this area of the city. I saw this particular group of buildings more than enough within the first hour or two of being here as I was driving around and around the city block, waiting for a parking space to open up on the One Way street my cousin lives on!


Saturday morning we went to the zoo and looked around.


Animal highlight:these very human like little monkeys...








Lunch at Five Guys was also a highlight. If you have never been there and there is one within 100 miles of where you live (and you really like grease), I strongly recommend it. Sooo good...


Chicago as we know and love it...


Smudge's cute street...


I love it.


And check out the neighbor's creepy "face tree"...


The final activity, before Ella packed the car up and headed back for the mitten, was a nice, long, walk around the lakeside. Oh how I love Lake Michigan with the City right beside it...


And us. I love us too.