We left from Madison on the Meister bus line and headed for downtown Chicago, a beautiful sunny day and not too cold. This trip we headed to Rush and Oak where the fancy dancy shops are, plus Crate and Barrel and the Ralph Lauren Store and Antropology oh yes the Nordstrom Rack. We saw lots of neat stuff and got some great ideas. I guess my fav was the cut up jeans at Ralph Lauren patched up with silver mesh, ribbons, patches etc for a mere $1,400. oh but there was a sale on another pair, they were stained in the butt and knees, cut up and patched with wool plaid, hopefully a Ralph wool and they were marked down from $800. to $489., such a deal!!!! There were some super ideas in there but way out of my price range!!!! With the recession and all the place was packed and people were buying!!!!!Then we had some lunch at an Irish bar, not owned by any Irish folks but good no matter what, the guy next to us had lamb shanks that looked pretty awesome!!!! After a few more shops we headed to an Italian restaurant, the Rosebud on Rush and had a beer and chatted with some folks and decided to board the Navy Pier bus and head that way!!!! The Navy Pier is mostly a tourist destination, hmmm what are we???, so we walked thru and then headed outside, it was breezy but the sun was out, the Lake and sky line were beautiful. We walked to the end of the pier and took some photos!!!!! The pier is one mile long so I guess we did walk around 5 miles that day!!! The ferris wheel was still going and a night cruise was heading out!!! Chicago is quite the city!!!
