Our hotel - our hotel was fan-freaking-tastic!
We stayed at The Hilton Chicago and I wish I would have taken pictures in the lobby as this hotel was beautiful!
As first time guests, we were upgraded to a Lakefront room.
Some views from our window:
Navy Pier
We had to move our chair over in front of the window so Jacob could see out. The Metra tracks ran about a block from the hotel as well as all of the taxis, buses, and fire trucks on the street. The hotel is on Michigan and Lake Michigan Drive was 2 blocks over.
Wearing his new Chicago Fire Department shirt. He wanted the letters on the back.
Jacob made friends with our doorman - Rufus who helped us out quite a bit and recommended an awesome diner for breakfast. If you're ever in Chicago near 11th Street and Wabash, check out Eleven City Diner. I had the Eleven City French Toast - challah with fresh strawberries, bananas and toasted coconut - OMG!! It was sooo good - and I didn't eat anything else for the rest of the day! Thanks for the recommendation, Rufus!
This is from Jacob's bio grandmother's second cousin. We live in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and we try to keep up with Nancy's family as my family is real small and both of our parents are gone. Just looked at pictures of your trip and that sure sounds like a "future fireman's" dream trip. Wanted to let you know that the daughter of real good friends just took a job in March as a Concierge at the HIlton on Lake Michigan, so you may have ran into her. She graduated from MSU in December. Thanks for sharing your trip and for finding Jacob. How lucky for you both.
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