Two goobers hit Chi-town! here's a snippet of our conversation as we headed down the "L" stairs: "...so we intebated, but he was bleeding internally so we lost him" "oh, man. i bet weaver was all over your ass" "yeah, but thank goodness carter stepped in and took the punch for the team".... (get it?.... Chicago? .... ER?.... aaannyway...) we stayed next to the "cock observatory" near the miracle mile... we even went to the top of the cock and drank some of it's liquid...   we got the party started the first night at the cheesecake factory. kendra kicked back long island iced teas and chocolate cake. i didn't realize i had a little bit of cream in the corner of my mouth until the pictures came back... our corner room was SO cool - this closet opened up from BOTH SIDES!!! at the field museum, we saw sue - the most complete fossil of a t-rex in the world!   we rode some bugs like cowgirls as we learned about the life's beginnings at the museum... aaahhh our whole trip was magical... here's the sky outside the museum remember that show "perfect strangers?" here we are recreating the opening when larry appleton and balki bartokomous come out of the subway in front of the sign... i think this is where the chicago hockey team plays or something i ate while dale and kendra drank kendra doesn't even remember this picture kendra doesn't remember this picture either.... and no one remembers why dale decided to take down his pants... we saw the Chihuly glass exhibit at the conservatory - these colored balls are floating on a pond in the middle of the fern room that took us back to what chicago looked like in prehistoric times kendra is trying to fight her way out of this jungle we saw lots of plants and trees at the conservatory... this one's called "golden shower" ... heyyoooo our new friends, don and kelly - the nicest people you'll ever meet - are the ones who took us to the exhibit we sat in the "poncho section" of the blue man group. this one was the best blue man you see what kendra's doing here? the blue men play it "straight faced" the whole show... so kendra did a "straight face" here in the picture... you see that? you see what's going on here? you see what she's doing? ha! we're leaving the theatre still wearing our ponchos and streamers - everyone else left their ponchos behind... those losers we stopped to dance on the street in boys town on our way to the tattoo factory for kendra's family star tattoo!