First stop? Breakfast! Which would be doughnuts of course. We were supposed to go to doughnut vault but we were so hungers and the next bus wouldn't arrive for another 11 minutes. So Jeric yelped and found a closer spot called Glazed and Infused. We decided to walk since it stated that it was less than a mile away. It wasn't really too bad of a walk as far as distance goes. But ughers, it was so humid! Anyhow, here we are!
Their best seller is the Old Fashion donut, so that's what Jeric got. As for me, I got the Blueberry Lemon..
They were both delish. That blueberry lemon though. As you sink your teeth into the soft cakey dough the subtle hints of blueberry and lemon shock your senses! It was that good! The old fashion was pretty moist and delicious as well.
Now time for a trip to the United Center! It was very plain, especially when compared to Staples Center. But! They have the amazing Michael Jordan Statue!
Of course, it's only absolutely fitting for Jeric to take a photo mimicking his pose!
We stayed there for a good amount of time admiring the statue of thee greatest player in NBA history.
Afterwards, we decided we also should visit Wrigley Field. We weren't quite sure exactly what the easiest way to get there would be. So it was definitely a journey. We thought we could take a bus that would eventually lead us to the subway. But as we were trying to find the right bus, we just kept walking through the neighborhoods. It wasn't too bad, but then we came across an area where a bunch of ghetto looking guys were, so we decided to make a quick detour. Luckily the area we detoured at allowed us to spot the subway! Phew!
The subways were waaay waaaay waaaaaaaay crowded. That's when we realized a lot of Cubs gear.. guess there's a game! Some young guys (probably barely 21 or even younger) were prepartying on the way there. One totally couldn't handle his liquor though. He just barfed right there. LOL. It was gross and smelly, but we couldn't help but laugh cuz we've been there before. Haha. And here we are!
Wrigley Field was in the weirdest spot ever. It was just right smack in the middle of a neighborhood! It was probably a block away from where we exited the subway. The surrounding houses/apartments even sold tickets so that you can get up to their roof top or some of the top balconies and watch the game.
It was kinda cool too because it was crowded with all the fans! They were playing Atlanta Braves!
Since we were there, we decided it was also probably a good spot to find me my Chicago Dog. Jeric yelped it and found Chicago's Dog Haus. It wasn't too far, maybe a block or two away. The only thing that sucked was that it started sprinkling on our way there. And these weren't LA sprinkles, nope. These were FAT DROPS! Luckily that's the worst it got on our way there.
The spot was like a hole in the wall. Very small and not very busy. Reviews were great though. I ordered a Chicago Dog and Jeric ordered a Bacon and Cheddar Infused Sausage.
They were alright. Nothing special to be honest. A Chicago Dog just adds a pickle with all the other normal condoments. And the Bacon and Cheddar Infused Sausage.. it's pretty much like Adele's, except Adele's is waaay better.
Time to head back! By the time we got back, it was pouring down hard! Booo.
We were even stuck in the entrance/exit way for awhile. We decided we best head back to the hotel and dry off. So we waited until we saw our bus coming and then made a run for it!
At our hotel, we dried off and changed clothes. By that time, we took a look out our balcony and saw that it stopped raining. Time to head back out! First, we must make a stop and get us umbrellas. We don't want to get stuck again!
We only had a few things left that we must see and that's the Sky Deck and Navy Pier. Since it was late already and chances of rain were highly likely, we decided on Sky Deck.
Sky Deck was pretty cool. You get a wonderful view of the whole city. It was crazy high though. They had these full glass balconies too that you can step out on. It was completely surrounded by glass, so as you stepped out, you can see below you, which was waaay scary! I'm afraid of heights, so that view made me super shakey. Haha. Before hand, I was thinking of cool poses to do, like the jumping pose or planking or a push-up, but when it was time, I totally wussed out. We did sit on the floor though!
Afterwards, we decided to take a walk down Michigan, which is the street along the lake. Jeric wanted to try Dunkin Donuts coffee and grab more donuts as well. He got the Oreo Coffee Latte and I got the Butternut donut. The Butternut donut was one of the better don'ts from Dunkin, but still sub par.
Since we were along Michigan, we decided to check out the Bean again. I'm glad we did too because we got to see what it looked like in the evening with a grey sky, which I think is when it looks best.
We also got to see the fountain that we missed yesterday.
Dinner time! We decided that we were going to try deep dish again. Maybe yesterday's pizza was meh because we ordered the wrong thing (personal pans). Time to try out the other spots. It's either Gino's or Giordana's (both are seriously on the same street and only a couple thousand feet apart. Talk about competition). Gino's was an hour wait and Giordana's was a two hour wait. We put our name down for both and just waited to see who'd text us first. Meanwhile, we walked around. We found the Disney Store, but boo, it was closed. We ended up just standing around there since it was already too late for anything else to be open. Then we got our text! Gino's was the winner.
We ordered a small deep dish pizza with sausage and pepperoni. When we got our order, we realized yes, we ordered wrong yesterday. This is what a deep dish should look like! And taste like! Sooo good!
We were quite stuffed only ate half the pizza. But that's okay! Save the rest for later! We spent the rest of the evening hunting down the spot where they filmed Dark Knight. It was the scene near the end where Batman faces off with Joker.
We ended up walking the Chicago River to find our spot.
As for the Batman scene? It was a total bust. We were trying to find it and couldn't quite find the exact spot, only spots that looked like it. That's when Jeric checked online again and found that it's actually two parts of Chicago pieced together. Booo.. Oh well, it was still quite an adventure.
Back to the hotel!
Good night!
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