I wish I had a fun tale of a vacation where we got smashing drunk and a mele ensued, but being the non-drinking type–and actually a little on the boring side, I don’t have one of those stories! However, the Chef…He’s got some wild ones! And they say you can’t change a person–his life has done a total 180 since he married me 11 years ago, poor guy. Gone are the all night parties with assorted bad boys and bimbos. He’s home every night, rather late–but whatever time he feels OK about leaving the restaurant. We really are boring old people!

But my most memorable trip took place as newlyweds. We were going on a road trip to check out a couple hotel properties where my husband might like to work. We started in Arizona, and then moved on to San Diego up to Marina Del Rey and then home to Utah through Las Vegas. We stayed up late, we slept in, we ate amazing food and we just took our time to see the different cities, and all of the attractions that each had to offer. Sea World was my husbands favorite, and we were even filmed for a local television show–we never got to see! It was just a fun road trip hangin’ out with my man. We ended up taking the job in Arizona, and lived there for four years before moving here to Chicago.

Now…let me tell you…there are 1000’s of Chicago things to do! We’ve had the opportunity to see much of the city, and enjoy many of the amenities. In fact, for our anniversary in a couple of weeks, I’m thinking we will be getting a hotel room downtown and living like tourists for the weekend. I would love to take one of the sightseeing tours available. We took one in San Francisco and LOVED it! It was just a fun opportunity to see the city. There is an entire newsletter devoted to attractions in 23 cities across the country. The Chef is from Chicago–but I’m not sure he’s really seen the “real” Chicago–through the eyes of a tourist. So that might be really fun!