{"id":11656,"date":"2022-03-31T19:16:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T00:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?page_id=11656"},"modified":"2025-06-22T08:22:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T13:22:38","slug":"travelogue-chicago-15","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?page_id=11656","title":{"rendered":"Travelogue: Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 2022<\/strong>
\nWhere We Stayed: Hampton Inn Majestic Chicago Theatre District<\/em><\/p>\n

If you’ve been around this blog long enough you know that I love Jurassic Park. LOVE. I had tickets in 2020 for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s At the Movies series for Jurassic Park — but then 2020 happened. Luckily the shows happened again this year! The timing worked out perfectly: Mike and I drove down on Friday for the evening show, got a chance to bum around Chicago for about 24 hours, then drove to Bloomington to pick up his kids from a week at their grandparents’ (it spring break).<\/p>\n

We went to Three Dots and a Dash for dinner and drinks.\u00a0 I love that place – but I firmly believe that tiki vibes are some of the best vibes.\u00a0 And hooo boy, those drinks are strong.\u00a0 As to not spur a migraine, I only had one drink and just had a few sips of Mike’s.\u00a0 Restraint!\u00a0 The food at Three Dots is also really good – all Polynesian themed (moco loco burger for the win!).<\/p>\n

After dinner we walked to CSO for the show. I loved it. LOVED IT. There is something so magic about hearing a live orchestra play that phenomenal John Williams score. And, you know, dinosaurs are awesome.<\/p>\n

The next morning we walked to the Bean (a must for me – though Mike is mehhhh about it). Stopped at Stan’s Donuts for breakfast. Did a little shopping and then hit the road to Bloomington. It was really fun 24 hours in the city.\u00a0 We’ll be back next month for John Mayer, so stayed tuned!<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The weather was cold and rainy but we had this little bitty pocket of blue skies.
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\"\"<\/a>I also had to compliment the woman in front of me – she had the most beautiful purple hair. Her stylist deserves all the gold stars!
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\"\"<\/a>At my happy place.
\n\"\"<\/a>Off to Stan’s for some nourishment!
\n\"\"<\/a>We did not eat all six, for the record.\u00a0 We\u00a0sampled<\/em>!
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\"\"<\/a>Aaaaand that’s a wrap! PS: that’s Ramona, my new sea witch gremlin. I love her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 2022 Where We Stayed: Hampton Inn Majestic Chicago Theatre District If you’ve been around this blog long enough you know that I love Jurassic Park. LOVE. I had tickets in 2020 for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s At the Movies…<\/p>\n

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