Fun in Chicago

What does a daughter of two professional Iowan college

 professors do to celebrate her mother's birthday?  Spend a weekend in Chicago, of course!  

We got a room at the Westin by the Watertower, which is across the street from the Hancock Building.  The hotel was very full and we arrived very late, so they gave us a crappy room.  It had broken internet access, malfunctioning mini-fridge, poor water pressure, and missing a light bulb.  But we put up with it because we got a great rate for such a perfect location.

Daddy went to his special English barber on Saturday morning.  Truefitt and Hill has been purveyors to the British crown since 1805 and have a (much more recent) branch in Chicago.  Daddy gets tea, cookies, shoe shine, haircut, and, best of all, a straight-blade hot lather shave.  "Much better than a facial" he says.  When we went to go meet him at the end of his appointment, Mommy and I found him passed out in one of their antique barber chairs!  Daddy took over driving the Sophiemobile and mommy went to her super-modern, ultra-fancy Italian hair salon to get her version of hair pampering.

Afterwards, we all met up for lunch at a Thai buffet- while mommy and daddy feasted, I enjoyed cheerios.  I am getting really good at eating them- I can feed myself one at a time.  I love eating them so much- I can eat them all day long!

 After lunch we went shopping for a while- socks for me, electronics for daddy, and kitchen ware for mommy.  We finished off the day with cereal and fruit for me and Emilos Tapas for mommy and daddy- their favorite restaurant in Chicago!

It was pretty cold in Chicago- this was the outfit daddy laid out for me!