If you want a breakfast or lunch that'll sweep you up satisfied with quality ingredients go to Toast. On the menu you'll find lots of fruit, honey, benedicts and the Pancake Orgy.
There's as much to see by looking up as there is right on the ground.
"I'm sweating from eating," said my brother Mathias, apparently struggling through a second slice of Chicago deep-dish pizza. Though it was late on my first evening in Chicago, I was told we had to eat some deep-dish while I was in the city. Certainly, it was filling, and great as left-overs. As the Euro Cup 2012 began, I explored Chicago. I stayed with Mathias and his friends for about a week, walking, running, and eating my way through the city's pervasive summer block parties, beachwalk and parks. Below are some highlights. Art The Art Institute of Chicago currently has many Lichtenstein pieces on display. My mom (right, with a POW coming from her mouth) and I had our photos taken, a la Lichtenstein. Food If you need a travel book while in Chicago, go to Kopi, a Travelers Cafe in Andersonville, where two large shelves at the back of the little cafe/restaurant hold Lonely Planet guides for every place around the world. I had searched Chicago all morning for a bookstore with a good travel section, and this was the best I found. Here I researched Spanish hostels while warding off the summer heat (and improving my memory) with a green tea/ginkgo biloba/ginseng mango smoothie. Whoo! If you want a breakfast or lunch that'll sweep you up satisfied with quality ingredients go to Toast. On the menu you'll find lots of fruit, honey, benedicts and the Pancake Orgy. Music Drink Shayna has studied and toured many of Chicago's historic establishments so she was a great tour guide. She pointed out The Berghoff, a German style eatery as well as the first place to receive a Chicago liquor license after Prohibition. #1! Architecture
There's as much to see by looking up as there is right on the ground.
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