Go Huskies!

We have been having a great day with my dad and Gini.  Train ride was successful.  Came home for some homemade soup for lunch.  Watch the Cubbies lose another...  Ran some errands.  Had Passero's Pizza for dinner and now watching the Final Four.

It was clear, sunny, and 55 today!  Beautiful!

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On Metra ready to depart Union Station!

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Bye Wrigleyville!

On platform to head to the loop to Union Station to catch Metra train out to see my dad! :-)

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Ashvin stopped by while playing Trivial Pursuit...

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Playing Sequence with Shannon at Guthrie's...

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Bottom of 8th, 2-6. Come on Cubbies!

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Go Cubbies!

0-0, bottom of 2nd

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Middle of 1st, 0-0

From our seats!  Luckily wind is out of west, so not too bad.  If it doesn't change directions, may have a few home runs...

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Starting lineups announced...

Weird to have Ryne Sandberg as manager of Phillies.  Cubs fans applauded.

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100 Years at Wrigley!

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Leaving crowded Goose for Wrigley!

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Morning beverage...

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So excited for baseball!

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Blurry mirror shot at Goose!

Took the train to get to Wrigleyville early...  T minus 3 hours to first pitch.

It is super windy out!

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Opening Day is here!

We've waited all year for this day!  

Grabbing some breakfast to fuel us before our big day begins.

Afterwards, we will go finish layering and then start our venture to the ballpark.

It stormed last night and stopped raining about 7:30am.  Just cloudy and windy rest of the day.

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Tomorrow's forecast and attire...

High of 46, 30% chance of rain in the morning.  Cloudy and windy the rest of day.

3 layers of tights/pants and 5 layers of tops.  This doesn't include jacket or Cubbies rain poncho...

So excited, I don't know if I will be able to sleep tonight!

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Ashvin gave me a Darwin Barney bobblehead!

So good to see him and catch up!  Hope to see him again tomorrow before the game!

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Ashvin photo bombing a can of Anti-Hero...

By Revolution Brewery here in Chicago.

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Wheel House

We took the Brown Line to Southport to meet Ashvin! 

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Noodles!

It isn't as good as our favorite Anderson Pho place in Austin, but definitely above average.

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Stopped at Penny's Noodle Shop on Diversey...

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Christopher Wool exhibit...

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1849 sofa

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1876 Folding Lazy Boy..

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And now the Jhelum is red...

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Nilima Sheikh at the Art Institute...

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Cubs first win of the season!

They beat the Pirates today, 3-2.  Hopefully they can continue this winning streak at Wrigley tomorrow!

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View east towards Lake Michigan at the Art Institute of Chicago

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View west down Monroe St from Nichols Bridgeway

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View of theater from back lawn...

Would be fun to see a show here.  They have speakers all over the lawn!

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It has an outdoor amphitheater too!

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Walked to Millenium Park...

... dedicated by Mayor Daly in 2004 to the people of Chicago.

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The Bean!

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Chicago!

Decided to take train down to the loop to check out the city...

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DIVVY... Chicago's Bike Share Program

Must be a fairly new program as this station was not here last year.

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Mmmm... Eggs Benedict!

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Brunch at Clarke's!

Tradition as it is right across the street from the hotel.

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Thursday... T minus 1 day!

Thanks Dave and Amy for this awesome VS Pink Cubbies hoodie!  I love it!

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Tiramisu for dessert!

We had an awesome dinner... Oven roasted chicken and prosciutto whole wheat pasta was excellent.  So good we forgot to take pics!  This is going to be a "must go" for this annual trip!

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Peapod Salad to start...

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Grabbing dinner at Mia Francesca...

Cubs game was blacked out here... :(, so we decided to grab some Italian.  Great find on Clark St. on our walk back to the hotel.  Sun is setting and it is getting a little chilly...

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We made it to Goose Island!

Miss my 312 and David was glad they had his Cubby Blue ale!

May stay here for dinner and watch the Cubbies play the Pirates.  It is their game 2 in a 3 game series in Pittsburgh.

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Wrigley Field celebrating 100 years!

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First view of Wrigley Field in 2014!

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Obama arrived safely in Chicago!

Marine 1 and Marine 2 passing by as we stand at the train stop.

We checked in to the hotel and got our stuff settled.  Now off to venture aroung Wrigley!

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Oh pretty city...

It is sunny and 42 here today.  Havent been in any wind yet, but it is delightful!

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On the CTA Orange Line...

Taking train to our hotel in Wrigleyville.  Not a direct, shot, but just one tramsfer to Red Line at Roosevelt.  Should be there soon!

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Safely landed at Midway!

We landed 15 minutes early!  The wind sure helped!

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Boarded for take off!!

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Our plane is here!

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Bye moo cows! Be good!

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