Growing up in suburban New York, I never thought that one day I’d get really excited about spending July 4 in Michigan City, Indiana.
But after going there last year and having a great time, that’s what’s happened. So that’s why I went to Chicago this weekend.
Thursday and Friday I wandered around town (about 6 miles of walking, in fact), took a day trip to Evanston to see Northwestern (just for fun), checked out two of Chicago’s leading cupcake places (Molly’s and Sweet Mandy B’s — both of which were tasty, but not as good as the hype), had some custom-made rapid-frozen ice cream at a place called iCream (really, that’s its name), and finally got to meet my friends’ daughter, who is totally cute.
But spending the weekend in Lake Michigan was the highlight of the trip. Continue reading
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