A great escape to the windy city

It's hard to believe that just yesterday at this time I was enjoying high tea at The Drake hotel off Chicago's Magnificent Mile. Now fantasy land is over and it’s back to the grind but what a great escape it was!

The Chicago Marathon was yesterday. We didn't realize it until we arrived Friday night and everyone kept asking us if we were running on Sunday. Nope, just there to enjoy Chicago in the fall. It was amazing to see 40,000 runners push it to the limits.

I enjoyed seeing Chicago's Museum of Contemporary art and the Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House. I would recommend stopping by both if you get the chance.

Saturday night's dinner at Bin 36 was fabulous. It's a wine and cheese restaurant so naturally, we had to indulge.

It's always fun to vacation like you're some other person. The entire weekend zipped by like an express train ride but oh it was good to get away, even if it was for just over 48 hours.