Our old friend Zoya visited us from VA and one Saturday morning, after confirming with Mina we visited her place that is not that far from the lake Michigan. This was Maya and Nathan's first visit of the lake since they began walking and boy did they enjoy themselves. They found different shapes of stones and kept some in their pockets to take home as souvenirs. They also found lots of garbage on the beach and helped out by taking them to a nearby garbage can. We then visited the park at Mina's place and kids played in the park with old fashioned toys. There we said goodbye to Mina and head down to downtown.
Parked our car and walked to the Millennium Park to see the
Cloud Gate (Bean). Kids enjoyed it as much as we did and took a few pictures there. Then walked across the street to get some coffee, and there I met Malik who introduced himself as "The Hot Sauce Boss" and sold me three bottles of his hot sauce. I'm on my second bottle that has a hint of little lime, and honestly can say surprised me with its great quality. Matthew then asked for some popcorn and, so we all enjoyed different flavors of popcorn and walked to the
Wacker Drive to enjoy some local artists and noticed that river taxis were in operation. We then head home and ordered some deep dish pizza from
Giordano's.
