We ate our way through Chicago today. Now that we're so experienced with the transit system, it was a snap getting into town. Rode the tour bus around, jumped off at Millenium Park, got our free t-shirt (part of the package deal for the two-day bus tour), saw the sites there. The park is definitely worth investigating.Took a taxi ride across town. Only took about 2.5 minutes! Had the best deep dish pizza ever at Pizzeria Uno. The crust is like a pie crust. T...

Took the Metra into Chicago today. Got on a bus downtown to go to the Navy Pier. Had to get off a block later because we didn't have enough money. Woops. Bumpkins.Took the Architectural Tour on the Chicago river. Great trip. Lots of info on the buildings. Never knew the city had such fantastic architecture. Rietta, you’ve gotta see this place. Walked down the Navy Pier.Got a two-day ticket for the double-decker bus tour. It takes you all over town and ...

Spent 1.5 hours at TRS outside of Chicago trying to fix our generator. Looks like it needs to be replaced, so we gave up. Let's hope we don’t need it – especially in the hot southwest (yipes…).The burners on the stove aren’t working either. But Bill jerry-rigged a way to make them work. I’m getting to be a pro at cooking everything on high without burning it.Dropped Molli at Petsmart in Orland Park. She gets a vacation and hairc...