This was our last full day in the windy city. The forecast was sunny with a high of 50. Perfect weather for exploring downtown.

We had several destinations on our list to get checked off. First we were headed to Portillo’s for an authentic Chicago hotdog.

The Chicago hotdog is like nothing I’ve ever had before. It’s an all beef hotdog with mustard, tomato, a pickle spear, raw onions, relish, peppers, celery salt on a poppy seed bun. It was really good. Their onion rings are to die for.

Donny got the beef sandwich. It was huge. I had a couple of bites and it was delicious.

We got there about 11:30. There was no line at all. By the time we sat down there must have been at least 20 people in line.

The restaurant itself is so fun. Her are a few pics.

I snuck some pics of the kids just to prove we did actually bring them with us.

Next stop was a walk to Millennium Park to see the bean.

The kids wanted to find a mall. We were told that Tower Place, on magnificent mile is a good one, so we got on Google maps and headed there.

The river was still green from when the city dyed it on Saturday.

The skyscrapers are amazing! I would have loved to have taken the architectural boat tour, but they weren’t running them because it was so cold.

We finally made it to the mall which was 7 stories tall and pretty amazing.

While Hannah and I were in one of the boutiques, Donny and Jackson went into a jewelry store. Jack has been wanting a watch. He tried one on that he liked. Too bad it was a $1300 Fendi watch. A little out of his price range. Hannah and I did find this very small boutique that had super cute clothes. We actually found her prom dress there.

After all the walking we decided it was time to go find something for dinner. We had passed Giordano’s on the way to the mall. We heard from one of our Uber drivers that it’s some of the best pizza in Chicago. He was not lying.

There was about a 20 minute wait, but what you do is put your order in when you get on the wait list so it’s already being made before you’re seated. It takes 45 minutes for a deep dish to bake.

Jackson got a thin crust because he doesn’t like deep dish. We ended up taking leftovers back because one slice will fill you up.

We took an Uber back to Logan Square to start packing up since we were leaving tomorrow afternoon.

The last night on our quaint little street