yellman
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I had asked for info on what to see and do in Chicago from my fellow forum members. Here is a list of what I did.
We tried to accomplish a lot in just 6 short days. We wanted to see a bunch of stuff for the kids and also do a lot of shopping (outlet based).
First day we left Toronto at about 6:30 am. Went to Birch run outlets. Spent most of the time at Brooks and Polo outlet. Picked up a nice vest with with brookstorm for $60. Also a s140 wool vest for about $40. Polo had nothing that caught my eye on sale.
Arrived at Lighthouse outlets (recommend by a forum member). Pick up a rlpl white sweatpants ($40), Train silver cufflinks (really heavy $40) and a couple of other items. Found it odd that there is a smokestack that looks like a nuclear cooling tower and a max security prison all within a few hundred feet of the outlet.
The next part is a summary of our encounters
Affinia hotel: Geat location, no water pressure, showers were not hot enough, unfriendly staff
Field's museum: Very disappointing, one key dinosaur, 2 stuffed lions. not nearly up to par with my own city's ROM.
Nordstrom Rack: Went to 3 of them, none of the salespeople were worth anything, did not find any great deals.
Syms: no great deal
Gunree Mills: Great deals at nmlc, not so much at saks
Great Lakes Crossing: Only brooks brothers where the employee knew what was in the store. Small deals at nmlc, nothin at saks, brooks was good.
Pleasant Prairie outlet: Nothin great here
Museum of Science & Tech: Top notched museum, world class. U505 was highlight of trip, 10/10
Shedd Aquarium: Nice, did not like all the additional charges for exhibits.
Weber Resturant: Ok, nice concept, chicken was good 7.5/10
Portollio's Resturant: Nice concept, wanted a bigger hot dog 7.5/10
Giordano's resturant: awful food 2/10
Magnificent Mile: Nice, Greg at Saks very good.
Waterfront: 9/10 what Toronto should be
Nice vacation, decent shopping, science & Tech museum was great.
There you have it, thanks to everyone for your advice on what to do.
We tried to accomplish a lot in just 6 short days. We wanted to see a bunch of stuff for the kids and also do a lot of shopping (outlet based).
First day we left Toronto at about 6:30 am. Went to Birch run outlets. Spent most of the time at Brooks and Polo outlet. Picked up a nice vest with with brookstorm for $60. Also a s140 wool vest for about $40. Polo had nothing that caught my eye on sale.
Arrived at Lighthouse outlets (recommend by a forum member). Pick up a rlpl white sweatpants ($40), Train silver cufflinks (really heavy $40) and a couple of other items. Found it odd that there is a smokestack that looks like a nuclear cooling tower and a max security prison all within a few hundred feet of the outlet.
The next part is a summary of our encounters
Affinia hotel: Geat location, no water pressure, showers were not hot enough, unfriendly staff
Field's museum: Very disappointing, one key dinosaur, 2 stuffed lions. not nearly up to par with my own city's ROM.
Nordstrom Rack: Went to 3 of them, none of the salespeople were worth anything, did not find any great deals.
Syms: no great deal
Gunree Mills: Great deals at nmlc, not so much at saks
Great Lakes Crossing: Only brooks brothers where the employee knew what was in the store. Small deals at nmlc, nothin at saks, brooks was good.
Pleasant Prairie outlet: Nothin great here
Museum of Science & Tech: Top notched museum, world class. U505 was highlight of trip, 10/10
Shedd Aquarium: Nice, did not like all the additional charges for exhibits.
Weber Resturant: Ok, nice concept, chicken was good 7.5/10
Portollio's Resturant: Nice concept, wanted a bigger hot dog 7.5/10
Giordano's resturant: awful food 2/10
Magnificent Mile: Nice, Greg at Saks very good.
Waterfront: 9/10 what Toronto should be
Nice vacation, decent shopping, science & Tech museum was great.
There you have it, thanks to everyone for your advice on what to do.