An 80's Zebra Kind of Night...

If you’re just checking in be sure to read my first recap of the Chicago weekend here.

Alright, so when we last left off it was Saturday afternoon, we had just finished 3 deep dish pizza’s and a bunch of Goose Island beer, and had taken an afternoon rest to get ready for the evening ahead. 

First on our list for Saturday night was the architecture tour.  There are plenty of options for tours and they run most every hour throughout the day.  We chose the 6pm tour with Chicago Line Cruises which costs $42 per person (buy online in advanced) and you can add the open bar option for an extra $20.  I opted out of the open bar to ensure that I’d be on my best foot for the rest of the evening, but Emily and Lindsay went for it and both agreed that it was definitely worth the money.

I mean look at their happy faces:

A Weekend in The Windy City

For those of you who checked in on Friday you’ll remember one of my “Get Outa Town” travel tips was to scope out cheap airline tickets to cities close by.  You’d be surprised how easy it is to find cheap (like less than $200) tickets for cities that are 3 hours or less by plane. 

A few weeks ago my friend, Emily, had found $150 roundtrip flights to Chicago from Boston.  Besides the great deal, the best part was that we would be able to stay and visit with our college friend, Lindsay for the whole weekend!  Based on that, I knew that the half day of vacation I would need to use would be well spent, so off we went!