Day 2: Downtown Chicago: Pizza, Walking, and a Movie

Brother and sister, Cait and Mark.
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The gang (Caitlyn, Tirza, Mark, Paul and I) headed downtown for some pizza and sight seeing. Gino's East is known for its guest-graffitied walls. Visitor's marks were all over: sharpied, whited-out, penciled, and etched. "J.E. loves K.R."; "Darrin was here"; "Chris S. 8/19/04"; and all the rest. We ordered one vegetarian and one combination pizza. I love deep dish! (For those ordering deep dish in Chicago, remember they take about 45 minutes to bake, so order appetizers and salads to keep you busy.)

A cute picture of Paulie and I.
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After our tummies were filled we headed out to walk around downtown. I had already been to downtown Chicago twice in the Fall, so we passed many of the familiar sites: the river, buses, streets, traffic, shops, and museums. We ended up stopping at the Apple computer store and spend quite some time playing with all of the gadgets. I even had enough time to attend an informational presentation on how to use iTunes.

we passed many of Chicago's familiar sites

Enjoying sweets at Ghirardelli's.
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After our time at the Mac store we met up with Jason at Ghirardelli's. There were two mochas, a hot chocolate, and a warm caramel fudge ice cream. Yummy! We headed to see a movie next. I wasn't too thrilled about seeing "Date Movie" and I was even more unimpressed after having seen it.

Modes of transportation for the day: Walking and bus-riding.