Days One & Two  December 2000 Magnificent Mile, Water Works, Improv, Theatre Thursday & Friday By the time we got to the hotel, it was already getting dark. We rested a bit and took this picture from our room, then headed out on foot (no car on this trip) in our heavy coats and Jesse with his ear-flap "Snoopy" hat. We walked down the Miracle Mile, and stopped at the Water Tower mall to have a dinner snack in the food court. Dave had arrived on Tuesday and done some scouting and sightseeing. He had already attended the "no charge" show at the Improv Olympics and had everybody looking forward to our visit. On the second day, Dave worked while Lyn and Jesse just walked around shopping and window shopping. For dinner it was the original Pizzeria Uno for authentic / original Chicago-style deep dish pizza. It was just one short block from out hotel room at the Embassy Suites on State Street and Ohio. After that, we jumped the red line and headed out to the Ivanhoe theatre to see "Hell Cab". Its a semi-iprovisatoinal play, that been running for years depicting quirky cab drivers and their quirkier fares. Each show is a slightly different mix of brief 2-5 minute skits (so I hear) but we only saw it once. We arrived a little early, so after buying tickets, we walked over to a nearby coffee shop. The soft snow had turned to ice-cold rain and sleet and the wind made umbrellas unusable. Part of the trip was to scout the distant notion of someday moving to Chicago. The weather was absolutely brutal for the entire 10 days, and it happily helped us make up our mind to visit Chicago every year (in Spring or Winter) but to live in warm and sunny Florida. Original Web Upload December 2000 Last Update: January 29, 2003