I’m here!
Chi-town. The Windy City. Chicago! The last time I was here, I was a senior in high school auditioning at Northwestern University. I also spent 5 weeks at NU the summer before that.
I made it from my house to the gate in 36 minutes flat this morning! Can you believe it? I think 15 of those minutes were waiting to get through security. Surprising, considering there were about 8 fire trucks outside the airport and about 30 firemen huddled inside. I have no idea what was going on but for a second,I definitely had Chicago, The Healthy Living Summit and the highlight of my summer flash before my eyes (!!!).
I did manage to finish packing my suitcase, although as of 2:30 AM last night…err this morning, I was worried I wouldn’t ever finish.
Might I add, half of my suitcase was filled with 5 jillion AllieBars!! Whose idea was this?! My cocktail dress is rolled up as tight as can be just to make room for the bars….HEAVY bars.
Note: For once in my life I will go somewhere with more than I bring back.
The other half of my bag was filled with electronics and their respective chargers. PS I found the charger for my point and shoot. Thank gooooodness.
You would think that toting around 10 pounds of AllieBars would eliminate the need to buy any bars for the rest of the weekend.
Well, ya thought wrong! Less than 10 minutes into my trip, I found myself eyeing bars at a newsstand. I didn’t get just one bar, I got two. As a bar connoisseur, it is imperative that I buy bars I have never seen before that look interesting/delicious.
I also picked up the latest issue of Women’s Health Magazine with Brooklyn Decker on the cover. As Andy Roddick’s biggest fan, I feel the need to support his wifey too. Yes, I follow her on twitter. I love that she is a healthy-sized model.
This morning was filled with smoothie drinking, AllieBar munching, and iced coffee. Given my minimal amount of sleep, I made it about 62% decaf, rather than the normal 72%. You know, for the extra boost. Not gonna lie, I sorta wish it had been 1000% caf right about now!
I had a banana at the gate, pretzels on my flight and the Oskri Muesli Bar.
I love these kindsa bars! Seedy, grainy, crunchy, chewy.
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I arrived and ran right into my roomies. We went out for a walk in search of frozen yogurt!
After walking for about 1.5 hours with no success, we found a cute tea shop to grab a bite to eat.
I got a Green Tea Parfait.
The granola was a bit mushy but the green tea flavor was lovely. I totally forgot that I’m trying to cut back on dairy. Oops!
We’re off to dinner now! I’ve got a packed schedule tonight so I’ll see you when I see you.
For the record, I’m pretty sure I made eye contact with my future husband at the gate. Seating was first come first serve and there was an empty seat next to me. Don’t get too excited, just as I thought the stars were aligning…just as he was about 3 aisles away, a lady plopped down right next to me. Sigh. Better luck next time.
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Hahaha sounds lke your off to a great start. Have fun at the summit! x
Yay you’re here!!! Ok, weird, I’ve sat in almost that same spot in argo tea before. Sadly, very very sadly, Illinois sucks in the fro yo department, as in there aren’t many places. Have fun tonight!!
Off to a great start! Enjoy the summit for me
Wei-Wei
Allie have a great time! I wish I was there, have fun!
can’t believe you posted your blog even for today…way to go!
You always look so beautiful! How the heck do you do it?!
green tea parfait?!?! that sounds heavenly! i am SO missing out! have so much fun and i cant wait to read/hear about your fun time!!!
I’m sorry about the missed rendezvous with your future husband. haha
And I LOVE Argo Tea. If you go there again try the Roasted Maté tea. It is so good!
Very jealous of all the ladies (and men?) at HLS — can’t wait to hear all the details.
I will be there tomorrow, and can’t wait!!
Sounds like a blast! Have fun!
Old follower, new commenter here!
Can’t wait for you to show off your Alliebars, haha!
Oskri bars look delicious…I must try and find them…and the green tea parfait sounds lovely!
Sorry about your future husband. Maybe next time?
Hope you have an amazing time there!
Awesome! looks like fun. i love bars too. have you tried the kids cliff bars?
Have fun! I hope your hubby makes it on your flight on the way home!
Lucky!!! I so wish I was there! I bet you’re already having tons of fun.
PS- you have the coolest phone! Yeah for Droids
gahhh i LOVE chi!!! have so so so so much fun at the HLS!!
I’m glad your flight didn’t get postponed due to whatever was going on at the airport! I can’t wait to see everyone’s update posts about HLS. I am not even a blogger and it just seems like so much fun! It feels so weird seeing all the bloggers in pictures together like I am seeing celebrities or something, haha. Have fun!!
Yay! You’re there! Have a great time. I love how airports always have the exclusive on the new magazines coming out. That one has yet to hit the stands here. I love her too, she gorgeous and sets a good example for the rest of us
Where did you get the bar? It looks delicious.
Have fun this weekend! Tell all the RDU bloggers I say hi:)
Berry Chill has good frozen yogurt. There is one on Grand, a couple blocks north of the CTA Grand ave red line stop. It is in between a 7-11 and Chilis restaurant. (cta is the public transportation system in Chicago.) another one us in the Ogilvie train station on the second floor. Some other places are Yogen Fruz, Red Mango, Yoberri, and Forever Yogurt. If you like frozen Kifer, there is a place called Starfriut Cafe that sells it. The location closest to you is in the mall on state st, intersecting Washington. The mall is called Block 37, and is across from macys. Hope you enjoy your stay in Chicago!
I’m sorry you could not find a frozen yogurt place. A very popular yogurt place in Chicago is called “Berry Chill,” but it is about a mile away from your hotel located in the Ogilvie Transportation Center or there is also one on State st. (http://www.berrychill.com/)
This is so fun seeing everyones’ pictures from Chicago since I live in the Loop!
Have lots of fun in Chicago!
Have so much fun in chi-town!
Green tea parfait sounds really good.
Green tea yogurt sounds so yummy! I want to try to hunt that down in my grocery store!
Bahaha sorry about your future hubby! If it’s meant to be, maybe you’ll run into him again.
I’m so jealous of everyone in Chicago….it kinda makes me wish I had decided to go! Have an amazing time in my favorite city.
Jealous you got to see Sarah, too! I except a full review of her presentation.
Lol….it’s so funny to see all your chargers. Maybe one day there will be universal chargers or wireless chargers or even better, batteries that don’t need to be charged!
Sounds like Chicago got off to a great start!
That bar looks good! I’ll have to see if I can find one of those. Chicago is one of my favorite cities so I hope you have a ton of fun!
hey, if you don’t feel like lugging around all the alliebars, i think i know somebody who would take them off your hands.
have fun in chicago!
OMG did you take that picture of Chicago???? I love Chicago more and more every day!
A fan & Amy–
We looked for Starfruit on N. State St. for about 3284 hours and then stopped by a hotel to ask for any froyo…we then looked for Berry Chill and when we got there it was closed!!!! Ahhh! We passed by a Yogen Fruz on the way back but we had already eaten
Next time. Thanks for the advice
Sutton–
I’m email you back soon.
Yes, Z-bars you mean!? I’m obsessed. The S’mores flavor is my favorite. Thanks for checking out my blog
That bar looks awesome. At least you’ll have a lighter load coming back..or at least room for all the swag! One time I traveled with a LOT of ota.bars and they were packaged really tightly and in a bag, so basically it was like a HUGE brick of granola. It showed up as a huge black mass on the security camera check thing, and they definitely had to go through my bag piece by piece. They laughed when I said I made granola bars and were trying to bribe me to give them some
I don’t think I could ever get sick of photography this city – soo purdy!
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