In Our Wake: {Dear Martha Anne} Practically Locals

Dear Martha Anne,

Mod 1 (Semester one packed into the first half of a regular semester) for Preston ended last week. So we celebrated in Chicago for the weekend. We love Chicago, and that city just continues to capture my heart.

We began our adventure at the Chicago LDS temple, attending both Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. It is a beautiful building and we were so glad to have attended.

As you should well know by now, I vacation for the food. Really. I get very excited about what we're going to eat. So, first up about our weekend is our time spent eating.

Since we enjoyed Lou Malnati's so much last time we were in Chicago (post here), we decided to go again.

And again, we got the wings with the Gorgonzola cream sauce.

We tried the house special, and enjoyed it, but our pepperoni from last time definitely made a better impression than this dish. We ended up taking half of our pizza back to our hotel and giving it to the night worker. We enjoyed his gratitude more than we would have enjoyed our leftovers.

But this "pizza cookie" made up for the mediocrity of our pizza.

Obviously.

We breakfasted at Elly's Pancake House, which had a rather low Quotient (our rating system for restaurants; in a nutshell, cost x quality x quantity). The Original Pancake House definitely has a better Quotient. This place got a 3.5 out of 10. But the food was tasty nonetheless.

Our meal at Portillo's Hotdogs was easily our favorite, with well cooked meat, a delicious and addicting poppy seed bun, and wonderful custard at good prices. I'd have eaten there again immediately after we finished our meal.

Aside from filling our bellies, we had a wonderful time wandering around this city, shopping and enjoying the beautiful architecture. I can't wait until we go back, where we have plans for Lincoln Park, the Art Institute, and Wrigley Field.