Adventuremoon Part 2: Chicago and the Giant Bean

In Chicago we dined with our friends, Corey and Beth at Graham Elliot. The portions were a bit small for my taste, but we loved the white-truffle-Parmesan-popcorn that was served gratis with our drinks, so we ate another basketful when we were still hungry after dessert. I love interesting food, and I love eating at restaurants where the chef has designed the food very, very carefully - from the ingredients to the methods to the presentation - but I just wasn't into this place. Or maybe the (very interesting) cocktails weren't strong enough.

We had heard lots about Millenium Park, so we met our friends Beth (a different one) and Cody there. My favorite thing at the park was a
gigantic metal sculpture that the Chicagoans call The Bean.
At my friend Susie's house, we met her adorable kids, Ben and Sophie.


Their family hadn't been able to come to our wedding, so they surprised us with a cake designed just for us. In fact, we had had no cake at our wedding (we chose to have various pies and apple desserts instead), so we took this opportunity to feed each other some cake.


Susie had made us a delicious homecooked meal of pot roast, roasted butternut squash, and rice - and after so much restaurant eating of late, we were thrilled.

At brunch the next morning, we tried to do a girls vs. boys crossword competition, but the two Sunday puzzles we had were just too much. After saying goodbye to our wonderful hosts, Corey and Ashlee, we were on the road again...