chicago

i heard through the grapevine that someone was interested in hearing more about chicago...

we arrived in chicago on a sunday night, it was a long drive from sioux falls and we were both really excited to park the car for a few days. i had done a bit of research on hotels in chicago and had decided to book something a little more unique then your standard hotel. neither of us having spent much time in chicago were pleasantly surprised as we pulled into the wicker park area where the inn was located. it was a cute little neighborhood with a number of restaurants and boutique shops. the place we had booked was called the ruby room their tag line being "the style of wellness" due to the fact that it had it's on spa and yoga studio. it had no more then 12 rooms on the 3rd and 4th floor (the yoga studio was on the 2nd and the spa on the 1st) and in my mind i couldn't think of a more perfect place to stay. the room was a good size for 2 people and there was a kitchen down the hall if you wanted to cook. our host was gracious and let us know that the public transit was just a block away, again we didn't plan on driving for a couple days.

after we got settled we took off for our first city adventure. the public transit was fairly easy to find and quite different from what i was used to in SF. you could here it coming long before you could see it, as it got closer it got progressively louder like it was about to erupt and it was so fast. anyways we made our way to custom house for dinner without getting lost. both the menu and wine list look good and we were both looking forward to a good meal because as most of you can image sioux falls wasn't a food mecca. though a little of the pricey side the food was good and we left feeling satisfied.