Month: May 2011

During our stay in downtown Chicago, we stayed at theWit hotel and while we loved the location and had a great time, I have a few qualms about this hotel. First, in my opinion, I would not characterize this hotel as family friendly.   There is a bar and club at…

We started the day very early this morning as we had a two hour drive from Chicago to South Bend, Indiana to visit a graduating senior at Notre Dame.    We spend the better part of the day on campus and a nice photo collage will appear as soon as I…

After having a half-hearty breakfast courtesy of Dunkin Donuts, we took a cab to our first stop, the Willis Tower.    We waited in line for a few minutes then took the lift up to the observation deck. The kids had fun checking out the city’s skyscrappers and daring to walk…

We arrived late in Chicago in the afternoon around 4:00 p.m. then headed to the car rental to pick up our car.   It then took almost two hours to get from the airport to downtown Chicago.  Traffic was brutal and pretty heavy but we tried to make the best of…