A Night in Chicago

On Saturday I was scheduled to leave for the West C0ast for my brother's wedding, so on Friday, my husband took me into Chicago for the night.
We stayed on the outskirts and took the CTA, otherwise known as the "L" into downtown and went to our new favorite restaurant --The Cheesecake Factory -- that sits under the well known landmark --The John Hancock Building.
After dinner we walked along the famous "Magnificant Mile" or Michigan Ave. It is a high end shopping district and is home to stores such as Tiffany and Co., Nordstrom, Apple, and American Girl Place, to Millenium Park and watached the ice skaters at the new outdoor ice skating rink. Then we walked around the park.
Unfortunately it was Winter so it was dark, so we weren't really able to see much except for the lights on the "crown fountain" and the "cloud gate" otherwise known as the giant bean. That is a place that I would love to go back to in the Spring when all the flowers are in bloom and the fountain is actually on.
We then caught our train back to our hotel.