Friday night my brother came to visit Jeremy and I in Chicago and for Lollapalooza. When they got here they were starving and we were too. We decided to walk around the town until we found a place that looked good. We stopped and read the menu at 20 different restaurants until everyone could make up their minds and agree on something. Finally we passed by Bd’s Mongolian Grill and all agreed on eating there. To start I made a salad with lettuce, shredded carrots, spinach, onion, cucumber, croutons, cottage cheese, bell peppers and fat free ranch on the side. The salad was so rich with flavor I barely needed the dressing. For my stir fry I had shrimp, peppers, pineapple, crab, onion, broccoli, sesame, egg whites and light soy.
Yesterday Morning we stopped and walked around Navy Pier because TC had never been to Chicago before. From Navy Peir we took a cab to the Field Museum. We spent a couple hours walking around learning new things. I was fascinated by the dinosaurs and the room full of gems. I Wanted to take them all home! (The jewels not the dinosaurs) We got tired of walking and needed a little wake me up, so we stopped at the Corner Bakery Cafe in the museum. I ordered an ice tea and an apple to snack on. I also brought raw almonds and dried mandarins. I always bring a to go snack in little baggies to save money and keep me from buying unhealthy food. I surprised when I saw tons of healthy options at the Corner Bakery Cafe. All the menu items had their nutritional information available. After we sat there for a while we got up and walked around a little more then went in and watched “Waking Up T-Rex”
After we walked out of the museum we turned around and saw the biggest storm you could imagine. We had about 5 minutes to catch a taxi to be saved from the rain. We couldn’t catch one taxi, all of a sudden buckets and buckets were being poured on us. We sprinted back to the museum to stand under shelter. I was soaked from head to toe.
The rain slowly let up and we decided to walk back to the street to catch a cab. Unfortunately 100 other people had the same idea. We decided to suck it up and walk all the way back to the Peir to get my car. We took a couple detours and ended up walking 4 miles. We were exhausted and just ready to go back to my apartment and get ready to go out for dinner.
When we got home we relaxed a little bit then finished getting ready and went out to Dave and Busters for a fun night! It was already 8pm and I was super hungry. I ordered the Mango Shrimp Skewers. We ended up playing games until midnight then decided to head home because Lollapalooza was going to be early in the morning.
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