So....Chicago

Actually had a great time. Had the trip planned for some time but at the last minute got the opportunity to go to the Nascar race on Saturday, and since I was going to be there anyway, I rearranged my schedule to accomodate it.

So here are some pics from the race. We got to tour the pits and all that fun stuff.

The flower arrangements in the hospitality tent:



In the pits:


Victory Lane (podium? whatever the hell you call it)



Our seats on the start/finish line:



Me in Tony Stewart's pit:



This is video I took of the race starting so you can see how good our seats were:



It was a lot of fun.

Saturday before the race and Sunday before we left, we did a lot of walking and just enjoyed hanging out in Chicago. I was lucky to be staying at my boss' condo on Lake Shore Drive, overlooking the lake with an amazing view. Here are some pictures from both days....the darker ones are Saturday morning right after it stormed at 5am (thus the dark clouds and raindrops on the windows) and the better pictures are from Sunday morning when it was much nicer out.

This is the view from the living room couch. It's all black (walls, ceiling, furniture) because of how it makes the wall of windows looking out over the lake pop:



This was early Saturday morning. Didn't look like the day would turn out well, but luckily the rain blew over and it was a great day:



This is the view from the bedroom on Saturday morning:



Same view on Sunday morning. What a difference a day makes!



Then I took this video around noon on Sunday as all the boats were starting to show up on the lake. Unfortunately you can't see that on the horizon are hundreds of white sail boats, they didn't show up in the video but it was amazing to see!




Here are some other random pics from my walks around town:










And the best part? More Cupcakes. Strawberry, Salted Caramel, Red Velvet, Mocha and S'mores. OMG...a party in your mouth!



This concludes our tour of Chicago. Please watch your step while exiting the blog.