Good early afternoon from Chicago!
This is so cool!
We’re here for two days.
Today is Andie’s birthday, so we’re gonna do something we don’t normally do - we’re
gonna hit all the tourist spots today, and then tomorrow we’re gonna do a little more
local.
So today, Andie has no idea what I have in mind for her. I’ve got several things planned.
I can’t wait to see what!
Yeah! Let’s get started.
All I know so far is we must be going on a boat, because he just handed me some Dramamine,
and I do tend to get motion-sick, so that was good planing on his part.
First surprise of the day - an architectural tour on the Chicago River.
This is beautiful and thank goodness we have an umbrella with us because this sun is brutal!
We learned so much about the history of Chicago and all the architecture.
Yeah, and we also learned how it became a place that attracted so many amazing architects
and grew so many incredible high-rises and skyscrapers.
So, definitely a tour worth taking if you’re new to the area or here for the first time,
you’ll learn so much.
All right, we just had some awesome river views. Now I’m gonna take Andie two hundred
feet up for some three hundred and sixty degree views of the Chicago skyline, and she’s
right next to me, so I hope she didn’t just hear that.
What are we doing?
Ok.
Are we going up there? Yep!
Nice! That’s gonna be awesome!
We’re going to the top!
We won’t be sharing a gondola with anyone.
We got our own private gondola, and
We’ve got a glass-bottom gondola.
What?
Yes!
Oh my god!
Three-sixty and up and down views.
Ohh, that is so cool! Let’s get it!
Oh my gosh! I can’t wait!
Look at that!
Oh - my gosh - this is so cool!
This is so cool, you guys. These seats are different from the benches in the regular gondolas,
And this glass bottom is so unique!
Yeah. I would say the only thing that could be better is if we were over the water…
Oh my god, if we were over the water that would be so freaky!
Yeah, this is well worth it.
Thank you baby.
You’re welcome.
(Daaaang, I though he wiped out for sure!)
All right, so far we’ve had water level views, then we had about two-hundred-feet-up
views from on top of the wheel.
Now, we’re gonna have some dinner seventy floors up at this building behind us,
Lake Point Tower.
Oh-ho-ho, that’s awesooome!
Take a look.
We decided to take some time for ourselves and not film most of our dinner, but we had
to share the sweets and view!
Cheers!
Cheers, happy birthday!
Thank you!
Chocolate covered strawberries and it’s not even dessert yet!
Mmm, so juicy!
Well that meal was really special. And I’m so grateful for Stephen taking the time and
planning something like that for me.
Sometimes it’s really important for us to be able to spend the time, just the two of
us together. Just to appreciate each other and also to appreciate travel still and not
make it all work. So, please forgive us and give us that little indulgence since it’s
my birthday.
Are you ready to go thirteen hundred feet up for a view now?
We’re gonna do more skyline views.
Holy cow, what is that?
Let’s go to the Skydeck.
Aw, yes!
We’re going to the Skydeck!
We are about to go up to the hundred and third floor of the Sears/Willis Tower, and step
out into a glass box.
That’s all that’s between us. I think it’s an inch-and-a-half they say? Of glass?
I don’t wanna know!
Between us and a hundred and three floor drop.
Yeah.
That’s insane. I’m so excited!
I don’t know about you, but my ears definitely popped coming up that.
Mine are still trying to!
I can’t believe we caught the sunset up there.
Yeah, I didn’t think we were gonna make it in time.
Oh, but it was so beautiful, and all the city lights?
The city is gorgeous!
I can’t believe you went out on that platform.
I know, and it didn’t even scare me at all!
This view is incredible. They just got better as the day went on.
Yeah.
You planned that - perfectly.
Even more perfect than I realized.
Thank you guys so much for celebrating my birthday with me here,
And make sure you tune in next week, because tomorrow, we’re gonna do an international
tour of Chicago…
Through the food, of course.
So you’re gonna wanna tune in next week to see that.
As always, you guys, thank you so much for watching, and…
We’ll see ya next time!
Happy birthday baby.
Thank you.
Bye!
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