IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN FOLKS! COCO GOES ON VACATION!
This time we went to one of my top 5 favorite cities
in the world, CHICAGO!!!
I adore Chicago and literally everything in it,
everything from the amazing food to the skyline. Anyway lets get going and ill
bring you around Chicago with me!
First of course we fly out to Chicago and I took a
billion pictures while in the air because I am the most basic girl you will
ever meet. So here is one of them.
We actually arrived in the morning, got set at the
Hampton Inn Chicago Magnificent Mile Hotel that I would highly recommend if you
want to be pretty much close to everything, especially SHOPPING!
We then headed out for an amazing lunch at a
restaurant we actually found out about through The Cooking Channel called
Kuma’s Corner! We ended up being closest to one of the other restaurants Kuma’sToo! The place on The Cooking Channel was very crammed and packed (at least it
seemed that way) but Kuma’s Too we got right into and could really sit down and
enjoy a nice lunch! They are known for their insane burgers but obviously I
opted for the mac and cheese because, basic and added bacon YAAAAS! Every time
I see this photo I just want to go back and eat more of this stuff! It was
relish!
We then after a little shopping and just walking the
streets decided we were going to head over to Navy Pier! Again I would highly
recommend going here but you must go on a nice day! It’s pointless to go if it
is raining or crappy out! We took a ride on the ferris wheel thing (its not
actually a ferris wheel, its more like the London Eye Chicago style!) We
somehow timed this SO PERFECTLY and got to see the sunset over the skyline! And
then of course more photo ops and we had to hit up the Snow Dragon Shavery!
Get the shaved ice there and don’t be dumb like me
and get a macaroon filled with ice cream! The shaved ice was so much more fun
and is more a one-time experience!
Moving on to yes, more food. Our taxi driver told us
the best pizza place was actually a block behind our hotel, Gino's East. LET ME
ADD YOUR PIZZA WILL TAKE AN HOUR TO COOK! So sit down and order right away and
don’t go when you are absolutely starving! You will end up waiting and being
hangry! The pizza was good but definitely not my favorite Chicago pizza!
Day two! Yes everything before this all happened in
one looooong day! Day two we took it easy, did more shopping and had our
exciting night out which included going to The Bean and RPM Italian (MY
ABSOLUTE FAVORITE RESTURANT IN CHICAGO!) The Bean was a large bean, what did
you expect? It’s pretty much just fun for photos and getting sweaty if you go
in the summer. The sun just beats off of The Bean right onto you and you will
get hot very quickly! Plan accordingly unlike I did, I said lets go to The Bean
before our fancy dinner! Yay!
Moving onto RPM Italian!! First of all, as we are
walking out and I casually go on Instagram I come to find out Giuliana and Bill
Rancic HAD TAKE OUT FROM THE RESTURANT AND WE WERE LITERALLY JUST SITTING IN
OUR BOOTH! COOL COOL!
But anyway, you need to get the Chanterelle Risotto
because it is life changing! That and all of the desserts on the menu! I think
my family consisting of four people got five different desserts.
Day Three consisted of food and more food of course.
We had Lou Malnati’s for lunch, this is by far some of the best pizza I have
ever had and you must go here if you are in Chicago!
Of course following lunch I need dessert because I
found a super cute place on Instagram and it ended up being right across the
street from Lou’s. It was called Goddess and Grocer and they serve RAINBOW
CAKE! It was not only delicious but it made for a bomb Instagram post!
And last but not least, day four, my favorite day of
all. I found another place on Instagram (life of a social media obsessed girl)
for brunch! It was called The Hampton Social LET ME TELL YOU! This was by far
my best find of our trip, not only was brunch delish this place was so
Instagramable, see photo below! Literally the best place in Chicago!
That was so much to write but I had to tell all of
you lovely people about my AMAZING trip to Chicago! I will see you on Wednesday
with another Coco Takes post! Stay tuned!!