July 3: The Windy City, named for its constantly changing political winds as I learned, wasn't blustery, but very hot and exciting on the fourth of July weekend that we arrived. We stayed in the Hilton inside of the loop in downtown Chicago right across from Millenium Park. For lunch neither of us wanted deep dish, but we did want something unique to Chicago so we checked out a great pizza place called Pizano's a couple blocks south of the magnificent mile and ordered thin crust. It was really tasty and the beer primed us for an enjoyable walk around the city. We walked through Millenium park and down to Chicago harbor, where we both decided that we need friends with boats, and heard the Steve Miller Band play from afar at an event in the middle of the city. Eventhough Chicago has a ton of great restaurants picking a place for dinner was easy. We had both seen a chef that we were interested in as a guest on Top Chef that had an upscale mexican food place on Chicago's north side, and decided to give his restaurant a try. We went to Frontera grill and it was well worth the drive to the middle of the country. We shared a three course dinner with scallop ceviche, pork flautas, and carne asada. The carne asada was amazing!
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