Chicago Memories
I’ve had my fair share of wild vacations. As you might imagine, they all took place before I was a mommy. I’m not saying I won’t have any more wild vacation sin my future, but right now my vacation are more along the lines of family-friendly and mild-mannered.
One of my favorite “wild” vacations was a sort of working vacation. I was in Chicago for a trade show with my co-workers and we had not only a lot of free time at night, but a company that made a habit out of wining and dining both us and some of our clients. It was amazing and decadent and memorable. I’m talking about nights out where we got the best table in the bar in the John Hancock building, ate at pricey French restaurants and had steaks as big as my head at Gene & Georgetti’s. Holy cow. I could absolutely go for a night at Gene & Georgetti’s right about now.
We also each had a day to pair up with another co-worker and get some daytime sight seeing done. I bonded with one of the salesgirls over some hardcore shopping.
Somewhere in among all that we got some work done as well. 
I suppose even though that was not strictly a vacation, it was still my own memory as my wildest vacation, because there is just something totally freeing about having someone else foot the bill for a week of fun in Chicago.
Now, if I were going back on my own, I would schedule a few touristy type things, like in the very least a trolley tour. There are just so many things to do in Chicago and since I’ve only been there once, I want to get the full experience. There are discount and package deals you can get on the Trusted Tours & Attractions website for things like sightseeing tours and attraction admissions. Plus, if you go to their website and sign up for their newsletter right now, you get entered in a drawing to win a $150 itunes gift card. The iPod drawing closes on May 31, 2008 so hurry up and enter. I have been using their website to plan some things to do in Atlanta for this summer whem my daughter go up there to visit her godparents.
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