Illinois

Chicago: List-free Bliss

  My favorite part of our trip to Chicago was the fact that we had no plan. We never had anywhere that we needed to be by a certain time. Isn’t that the best part of all vacations? I’m someone who lives by lists, often several in a single day. I love vacation because it

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Chicago: Day 3 in the Clouds

  After another leisurely start to the day, we wandered over to the Illinois Institute of Technology to check out Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s buildings. This guy is a famous architect that pioneered modern building designs. For his 126th birthday, the building pictured above was a google doodle. If you missed it, check out

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Chicago: Day 2 Adventures!

I am loving this short, little trip to Chicago! We have no agenda and simply go wherever the wind takes us. Since it is pretty windy here, that can be quite far! 🙂  On our second day in Chicago, we spent the morning exploring Evanston, which is a suburb north of Chicago and home to

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Windy City Vacation!

  Hello Chicago!  My husband and I usually take a vacation every March. Typically, we go to Florida, but for a variety of reasons that didn’t work out this year. So, instead we decided to visit Chicago! We took the Megabus because it was ridiculously cheap and then we didn’t have to worry about having

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