Chicago – Day 2

Erin had to get up early to gran her bike somewhere, so I slept in a bit while she did that, then once we were ready to go, we walked and caught the bus over to West town for breakfast.  Our pick of the morning was a spot called Flo (http://www.eatatflo.com/   Despite Erin thinking it was called Mango) where I had yummy Blueberry French Toast.  From there we wandered up Chicago Ave through more of West town and the Ukrainian Village, in search of a little gift shop called Komoda.  Once we found it, I got a ring and a book.

Next we hopped the bus back towards town.  I got off at Franklin, while Erin continued home to do a bike ride for the afternoon.  After a quick stop in Paper Source, I took the Brown Line all the way to the end at Kimball, in search of The Sweden Shop.  Not knowing what neighborhoods Mar & Sallie had plotted for us to visit, it seemed like a good idea to head for the far and obscure.  This area was far and sadly not that exciting, but it was still fun to go explore a real neighborhood.  The Sweden Store does not have as much stuff as I had hoped so I didn’t buy anything.   I just wandered a little more and then caught the train back downtown.

For the rest of the afternoon I walked along the river (saw teh massive Trump building) and then got a pedicure which my feet were badly in need of (this time I went with Kinky in Helsinki).  Next stop was the fancy food store Fox & Obel where I picked up some bread and cheese for an evening snack, as well as some cookie dough to cook later.  Erin was now home, so we just kicked it for a couple hours in the apartment until going to pick up Mar & Sallie.

Once we got the girls, we stopped in the West Loop on the way home for dinner at De Cero which was very delish (http://www.decerotaqueria.com/contact.htm)  I started with a hibiscus maragarita, and we shared guacamole, salsas and chips, as well as a jicama salad.  Then we all got a bunch of tacos (chicken mole, battered shrimp and tres queso para mi).  And from there we just headed home for bed since Erin has a running race in the morning.