2024 52 Card Project: Week 16: Chicago Wedding

[pegkerr]

My siblings and their spouses and I all converged in Chicago last weekend, checking into a downtown hotel on Michigan Avenue for a family wedding. It was terrific fun--we all get along great, and it was wonderful to reconnect with family members we haven't seen for a long time.

The tulips were blooming in colorful display in garden beds all up and down Michigan Avenue. We walked around the city, exploring the shops (I particularly enjoyed one called Colores Mexico--I used a photo of an embroidered cloth for the frame on this collage). There was a gathering at a brewpub on Friday night, and the wedding was in Lincoln Park on Saturday. We also joined the family for a very sumptuous brunch on Sunday morning before heading back.

Image description: Border: a colorful frame of botanical shapes and birds. Top center: a city skyline (Chicago) against a blue sky. Center: a placard on an easel reading 'Welcome to the wedding of Ellie and Tom' with a bed of pink tulips underneath. Various members of a family surround the sign, dressed in cocktail attire (for a wedding), smiling at the camera.

Chicago Wedding



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Comments

[dreamshark]

It looks like a wonderful time!

Richard and I are planning a trip to Chicago the first weekend in June, so if you have any place in particular to recommend (including downtown restaurants) I'd like to hear about it.

[pegkerr]

We really enjoyed breakfast at a place called Wildberry Cafe. There are a number of locations. Other than that, most of the places we ate were part of the catered events for the wedding.

[dreamshark]

Thanks! There's a location just north of Millennium Park that is just 2/3 mile from our hotel (Palmer House), so it is a distinct possibility.

[pegkerr]

Yeah, that was the location where we ate. Big crowds, but they moved them through quickly.

[minnehaha]

Grow where you are planted. :-)

K.

[ndrosen]

All of that sounds good.