Sitting in a post-Dim Sum near food coma, a friend and I decided to stop by Chinatown’s best bubble teahouse to have some dessert and formulate some ideas for the Chicago Bucket List. Ironically, this teahouse should have been on the list!
Condensed Milk Toast
Chocolate Sundae with Strawberries
After eating these magical treats, we got some work done and started hatching our lists.
Mine:
My List
1. Stand in line for Hot Doug’s
2. Eat Kuma’s and have the Mac ‘n’ Cheese
3. Sit in the bleachers of Wrigley Field / Standing Room Online line at a sold out Cubs game
4. Take a tour of Wrigley Field
5. Watch sunrise at the lakefront with a bottle of champagne
6. Cocktails in the Signature Lounge
7. The glass deck at the Sears Tower Observatory
8. Fireworks at Theater on the Lake during the Air & Water Show weekend
9. Turtle Races at Big Joe’s
10. Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
11. Crash a Wrigleyville kegger post-Cubs game
Cassidy’s List – She is from Massachusetts and California
1. Take a dance lesson at Summerdance (swing, salsa)
2. Kayak down the Chicago River
3. Ravinia – Bring a picnic dinner, wine, and chairs
4. Architectural Boat tour
5. Neighborhood street festivals – Rogers Park, Pilsen Fiesta del Sol, West Fest, Mayfest, Logan Square fireworks, Festivale de la Vitella, Oktoberfest. On this point I will likely add the neighborhood street festivals to the list, but it will be more to the tune of something like “Attend 10 summer street festivals.”
6. BBQ at 4 beaches (Foster, Montrose, The Point, etc)
7. Take pictures at Cloud Gate (aka The Bean)
8. Take a trip to the Indiana Dunes
9. Attend a roller derby
10. Art gallery crawl in Fulton Market District
11. Visit a farmers market
12. Ice skating at Millennium Park
13. Visit the Art Institute
14. Visit the Museum of Science and Industry
15. First Fridays at the MCA
Tags: brainstorming, Chinatown, Dim Sum, Saint's Alps
You mean the Willis Tower, right?