Our weekend was in full swing on Saturday!!
We headed to The Hubbs and my favorite Irish Bar, Halsted Harp, to start the Chi-nanigans. We had a table reserved and enjoyed an all you can eat breakfast Buffett with drinks to match.
Around noon, we headed downtown to see the Chicago River. Why go see that nasty, brown river?! Well on St. Patty's weekend in Chicago, the city dyes the river green to celebrate being Chi-rish and officially observe the St. Patrick's Day holiday. Funny thing, The Hubbs never saw the river dyed green until this weekend!!
Our party moved from the river to Smith&Wolensky. We had to get somewhere fast to warm up!! Us Southerners aren't use to that chilly Chicago wind!! After we made our pit-stop, our group headed to Taco Joint, a fav restaurant of The Hubbs and I, to get a couple tacos and their delish house margs. During our Taco Joint stop, Dr. Doug magically turned into our own little leprechaun!! Kids of all ages were mystified by his appearance, and he sure gave our table a good laugh!! Look at those four-leaf clover tats, y'all!!
The next stop on our Chi-rish Bar Hop was our hotel lobby bar. We freshened up and had a little fun with the other tourists celebrating St. Pats!!
The icing on the cake was our dinner at Topo Gigio. This restaurant is The Hubbs and my prized possession of a restaurant in Chicago. We had one of our first dates here and also had our rehearsal dinner here during our wedding weekend. The Hubbs made it a point for us to have reservations to celebrate My Golden Birthday!! To end the night, nothing less would do but to have my fav dessert, homemade pistachio gelato, with a candle on top.
Perfect ending to a perfect day!!
Check back later Sweets for Part 3 of our Chi-rish fun!!
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