Oh Chicago...

You guys... I'm sorry I've been MIA lately.  But seriously, I had the most fun and much-needed girls weekend EVER!  My best friend, Steph, met me in Chicago for a long weekend of relaxing, shopping and great food.  Oh, and most importantly, friendship.  You know the kind that picks up right where it left off.  Like the years of living together never ended.  No one can replace that type of friendship.  Luckily, even though we now live hundreds of miles from each other, we can still meet a few times a year to catch up.

We stayed at the Embassy Suites downtown {would definitely recommend to anyone going to Chi-town - free hot breakfast and cocktail hour along with great rooms and amazing location} and were blocks away from all of our favorite shops and restaurants. We shopped til we dropped.  Like literally dropped at 8pm from exhaustion due to all of the walking and site seeing.  I'll show you all of my favorite purchases later this week!  Some of our favorite places to eat for those of you that want recommendations: Quartino, Gino's East, Grand Lux Cafe, Toni's Patisserie, and Mity Nice.  All amazing and equally drool-worthy :) 

In other words, I had an amazing weekend.  Mentally refreshed but physically exhausted.  And utterly perfect.  Thanks Steph for an amazing time and a much needed girl's weekend.   ♥ you bestie!