Streets and eats in Chicago

The thing I liked most about wandering around Chicago was the city itself.  The buildings all battle for your attention, thrusting their colours and shapes at you as you wander down the street.

Let's meander a little.

Far canal...

The Liar and I went for a wander north-east from Greek Town to make our way to the MCA, while the Talk and the Skeptic went to ride along the lake.

One for my nerd buddies.

What a nice church.

As it turns out, MCA is closed on Mondays, so we chilled on the stairs for a while.

Stairs of the MCA.

The view from the stairs of the MCA.

That evening the Talk, the Skeptic and I jumped the blue line north to Damen for dinner.  A waitress in little Italy suggested we check out Big Star, which did tacos and bourbon like nobody else in town.

I can't remember what this was called, but it had chihuahua in it.

Afterwards we went to watch the Vikings/Jets game at a bar around the corner.  They had a mezzanine level which featured the most comfortable bar area I've used in ages.  We were rooting for the Jets, and arrived just as Brett Favre threw two touchdowns during the 3rd quarter, turning a white-wash into a ball-game.

It's just like a lounge room!

Unfortunately the man can throw a 30 yard touch-down but can't make an 8-yard pass, and the Jets scored an interception and sealed the game up in the closing moments.  We went home disappointed, but glad to have had a great night out.