Planning another trip... this time Chicago and New York City!!!

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
June 28

4:00pm - American Airlines #1014

9:50pm - Arrive in Chicago

June 29

brunch - The Bongo Room

Shedd Aquarium (9am-6pm)

near Shedd Aquarium are Field Museum of Natural History (9:00am-5:00pm) and Adler Planetarium (9:30am-6:00pm)

8:00pm - Wicked, the Musical @ Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Chicago, IL

June 30

11:00am - Taste of Chicago

3:30pm - Architecture River Cruise (90-minutes)

dinner - Cafe Iberico

July 1

(8:30am Race To Taste : 5K Run or 2Mile Walk)

Michigan Ave

Art Institute of Chicago

7:05pm - Delta Airlines #6466

10:20pm - Arrive in New York La Guardia

July 2

Ellis Island - Statue of Liberty

6:15pm - dinner @ Nobu

July 3

American Musuem of Natural History (10:00am-5:45pm)

5:30pm - dinner at Esca

8:00pm - Musical: A Chorus Line

Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

July 4

Independence Day!!!

morning - head to Flushing, Queens

noonish - dim sum!

stroll through Manhattan

early evening - the other Chinatown

Central Park

6:30pm - Lincoln Center - Salsa (6:30 lessons; 7:30 live music)

9:00pm - where are the fireworks???

July 5

noonish - Artisanal Wine and Cheese

afternoon - head to New Jersey to see family

6:30pm - Licoln Center - Country (6:30 lessons; 7:30 live music)
July 6

9:00am - head back to NYC from New Jersey

5:15pm - American Airlines #269 from JFK

8:30pm - Arrive in Seattle



OTHER THINGS TO DO:

Chicago:
--- Outdoor movie at Grant Park
--- Daily Candy, Chicago Tips (article: "Don't Be Chi")
--- Chicago Architecture Tours
--- Rent a Bike at the Navy Pier
----- Address: 600 E. Grand Ave (Navy Pier, south side)
----- Phone: 312-595-9600
----- Directions: open seven days a week, until 10 PM June-August,
----- 7 PM April-May and Sept-Oct
--- Millenium Park
--- Museum of Contemporary Art
--- Chinatown
--- Check for more summer festivals


New York:
--- rice pudding at Rice to Riches
--- Falai Restaurant
--- lunch at Alice's Tea Cup
--- Empire State Building
--- outdoor movie at Bryant Park
--- Metropolitan Museum of Art
--- Tenement Museum