Terry's 49th Birthday

Since April, I have been working on TERRY's SURPRISE BIRTHDAY/BUCKET LIST TRIP!!! He has had Wrigley Field on his list of baseball field's to watch a game in for years. The Atlanta Braves is one of his top two favorite teams. Well this year, in 2013, the Braves played at Wrigley Field the weekend of Terry's birthday...WALAHH!

 For those of you who do not know, Wrigley Field is in Chicago, Illinois. If you have never been to the city, we recommend you go. It was b-e-a-utiful! Totally not what we expected. We stayed on the Millennium Mile, walked everywhere or rode the very clean subway. An Architectural Boat Tour gave us our first viewing of the buildings...stunning! What a great way to see the cityscape!

We tried to take in as much as we could in the 2 full days we had there. Navy Pier and the ginormous ferris wheel gave us some great views as well.

We made the long trek to the top of the John Hancock building...94 stories...only took about 60 seconds in an elevator that travels 20mph.

And the view from the top was spectacular!

 

Of course we had to take in some pizza pie. Giardano's was our choice..it was a really thick, scrumptious, slice heaven on earth, if you like pizza!

Maybe cinnamon rolls and a good breakfast is more your thing... Ann Sather's is the place to go. Huge, hot, yummy cinnamon rolls is one of the sides to your "southern" breakfast plate.

 And not be left out, a Chicago dawg...well, as you can see, I was a little leery of the relish but if I could do over again, I'd load it up with relish and grilled onions! Thank heavens we were walking everywhere or I would have gained 10 pounds in two days!

All the while we explored this city, we were continually amazed at the beauty it has to offer. Not only were the streets clean of trash and the buildings stunning, but the huge ornamental pots on almost every corner were abundantly filled with green and lots of flowering beauties! The zoo, which was free, was worth paying for!

 

And for the grand finale, we took the subway to Wrigley Field for the Cubs v. Braves game. Although the Braves lost that night, they came back to win the next night and clench going to the playoffs.

 Happy Birthday My Sweet Man! I'm so blessed to have been able to share this experience with you!