Friday morning, we arrive in downtown Chicago, at the fabulous Fairmont hotel, about 1 block from Lake Michigan. We left the car at the hotel, $51 per day for the car alone, thank you very much. That's the view from our 32nd floor window towards Lake Michigan. Took the subway to the sold-out game, along with thousands of Cubs faithful, and not a few Angel fans, since this was LA's very first appearance in Wrigley Field. In spite of 9th inning heroics, the Cubbies lost by 1, 7-6. We did not see any Cub mascot at the game, so had our picture taken with the statue of Harry Carey, which was close enough. There was a severe thunderstorm warning, with the storm expected to hit the field by 4:00, which was the bottom of the ninth inning as the Cubs were making gains on a 7-3 deficit. We made it to the covered area of the train landing just as it began to pour! By the time we got downtown, it was raining and blowing, stormwater drains were overwhelmed---but we had no choice but to sprint the 10 blocks back to the hotel. That was our exercise for the day!
Friday night, we were invited to the wedding rehearsal dinner on the 80th floor of the Aon center in downtown Chicago--the storm had passed and the view was spectacular.
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