The weekend after we returned from Maine, we took the ferry to Governor's Island to go to the VW show.
Our friends, Dan and Stephanie, got married on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. They asked Paul to perform the wedding so we all drove to Chicago. One the way we stopped in Pittsburgh for the night and went to a preseason Steeler's game.
The next day we drove to Chicago.
Cellular Field where the White Sox play
Just like NYC traffic
Dan, Paul, Dan's brother (best man) waiting for Stephanie
Stephanie & Dan
The cool guy
Jae and Josh Speakman
Paul and Lynn Speakman
The bride and groom
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| Lynn & Josh Speakman, Dan, Stephanie, Paul, Carisa, Daniel and Jae |
The wedding cake
The Crossroads gang. Dan and Stephanie had a reception later in Brooklyn for everyone else who couldn't make it to Chicago for the ceremony and reception there.
On Sunday, we toured Chicago a little
The Chicago River
Navy Pier
Lighthouse on Lake Michigan
Riding a trolley
Millennium Park
The Bean
"Sears Tower" that's now the Willis Tower
Pullman---the Hotel
I read a book series set in Pullman, IL a while back and when I saw how close it was to Chicago I wanted to go see it. It's the town that George Pullman (of the Pullman train cars) built for his workers back in the late 1800s. It's now a regular town but still has a lot of the original buildings. They are trying to get it made into a National Park so they will have more money to restore some of the old buildings and maybe even get a Pullman train car.
Workers' houses
The Greenstone church
The Administration building
Daniel's favorite thing about the trip was seeing all the professional sports stadiums.
There are bleachers on the houses across the street from Wrigley Field!
Chicago Style Pizza!
The prettiest Target store
Goodbye, Chicago!
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