Scott and I have wonderful memories of the Hancock Tower. Many moons ago, we had our first 'real date' there. Yep, this is where it all started. We dropped a friend off at O'Hare airport and decided to see the city while we were in town. After going to the top of the Hancock Tower to check out the view, we ate dinner at the bottom of the building in this wonderful restaurant called The Cheesecake Factory. We were hooked at first bite. The food is fabulous, atmosphere fun, dessert... to die for ..... but it all changes when you have 9 people you are trying to sit with three of them being our very young children. Unfortunately, this time around we waited way too long (2 hours) and we didn't even go during the dinner rush. So we had a little time to kill, which worked out perfectly since the Hancock Tower is kitty corner to the American Girl Store. Ella received her first AGDoll catalog well before Christmas and had every single accessory circled in a multitude of colors (categorizing them by order of importance of course.) So when I told her Chicago had a store (huge, albeit) she was rearing to go. We went and toured the store which looked more like a museum than retail for about an hour. The guys rode the escalator (a popular activity on this trip) and also checked out the fantastic Christmas village with trains and every other gadget imaginable. Carter was thrilled and when he grew tired of the same thing, Uncle Evan was on hand to shake him around.
All of us minus Scott (taking the photo) in front of the Hancock Christmas tree.
One of the dolls she wanted her picture taken with
Elle and Grandma at the front of the store
2 comments:
What a dream! Did you leave with a bag full of Christmas presents?
I love all the pictures. It looks like a ball and totally makes me want to go back to Chicago!!!
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