Christmas in Chicago 2007

So, this is a little late but I finally downloaded some pictures and thought I would post them anyway.

We me up with our friend Kris and her main little man Dante the Saturday before we left to spend Christmas with our families. We spent the evening walking around downtown, looking at window displays and we grabbed a bite to eat. It was a really fun evening and the decorations coupled with the snow definitely made it feel like Christmas.

Kris and Ashley (and Dante is in there somewhere)

The ladies cruising State Street

The Chicago Christmas tree

As a little trivia side note, I found out something intersting about the Chicago tree. Unlike NY where they down a huge old tree, Chicago's tree is actually lots of small trees that are all put together on a giant tiered stand to make it look like one big tree. I thought that was interesting.

You know, just beause I pass the Chicago Theater, I need to take a picture.

Macy's (formerly known as Marshall Field's) drawing the crowds for Christmas

Seriously, I should have taken a lower picture to get the crowd. The entire sidewalk was full of people either trying to see the displays or get into the store. Nuts.

Yeah. Falling Ice.

This is funny but serious. It comes down with a vengance! So when walking around Chicago in the winter, watch out for ice falling from the skyskrapers. Lest you die. Seriously. Stupid gravity.

I can't believe I'm blogging about the weather.

The weather folk were using their excited voice when they talked about a warming trend this week. All the way into the twenties!!

Although I guess that is pretty exciting given that this is what our thermometer looked like on January 1:


Yes. That says 3 degrees. Farenheit. The next day it said 1!

(Also take note of the indoor temperature. If D ever leaves me, it will be for a woman that lets him turn up the thermostat. Sorry, D. That's why the baby Jesus and Leon Leonwood Bean brought slippers to us.)

This cold snap though, really brought home the fact that we need some new damn windows. Witness:


That, my friends, is frost on the inside of our kitchen window.

The good news is, it really is supposed to warm up more this weekend, so maybe we can get the Christmas lights down.