It was a very nice day as we set out to check out the festival. It is only a few blocks away, which was nice. As we passed the restaurant, there was a band setting up, and a few people milling around, but nothing special. Since it was already an hour in, we decided to skip that festival and head to our next destination: CHICK FIL-A!!! It is the only one in Chicago, and it just opened up a few months ago. It is rare that I have fast food (and David eats it less than I do) so it was a nice treat after a failed festival. While in line to order our food, we saw one of David's friends, John. It was really nice to see him and we decided to all have lunch together.
After lunch, we decided to head to Navy Pier! I haven't been there yet, and it is a pretty big Chicago place. Also, it is free!!! So we walked down the boardwalk and finally settled at the Beer Garden, where we each had a beer and listened to some great cover music by Tanglewood, with a few original songs thrown in. We also checked out a great exhibit on Nikola Tesla, which was very exciting for David and actually quite interesting to me. Once we left Navy Pier, we walked over to our new apartment to check out the surrounding area for grocery stores, bars, and cool places. We found a grocery store very similar to Whole Foods, which may come in handy! Also, we found a little quiet bar that could also be a nice place to hang out by the river.
On Sunday, we decided to take another walk (lots of walking this weekend) and join in on a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD!!! How exciting! The record was to have at least 250 people simultaneously tie a bow-tie. It was a free event and if you were one of the first 500 people, you received a free bow-tie! It was sponsored by The Tie Bar, which seemed like a pretty cool place. We had an awesome time! I got a little stressed out at one point because I had finally learned how to tie it, and then it wasn't working any longer! But once I calmed down, we were ready to break the world record! It was a great experience.
Here are some pictures I took with my phone this weekend:
The smaller building in the middle is our new place.
This is a picture of Windy, the pirate ship on Navy Pier.
This is the Beer Garden, where we listened to some great music.
Here is the view of the Chicago skyline from Navy Pier.
David at the entrance to the Navy Pier boardwalk.
After we tied our bow-ties for the world record!
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and that everyone is safe after Hurricane Irene.
