Visiting Keith in Chicago

Keith has been in Chicago for the past few weeks taking a Kaplan Step 1 Retreat course. He will be there until June 9th, so Alex and I decided to drive to Chicago and spend a few days with him. I think Keith was ready to get out of the hotel (because he doesn't have a car) and see the sights!

He didn't have class on Monday so we spent Monday doing some touristy stuff, like going to the skydeck at the Willis Tower (used to be the Sears Tower), visiting the Buckingham Fountain, and going to the Millennium Park. I hadn't been to the Willis/Sears tower since High School and I didn't remember them having a clear platform to walk on. Keith nor I could do, but Alex didn't have any problem with it! It was pretty neat seeing the beautiful city from 103 floors up! We had lunch near the Willis Tower at a restaurant called Giordano's. I had heard it had the best deep dish pizza in Chicago, so we had to try it out! It was pretty good! After that we went back to our car and found that our parking cost was 30.00! Wow! was that expensive! So we decided to drive to the Buckingham Fountain and then to the Millenium Park, two places that are free to see and had cheap parking! :)

Then we decided to go back to the hotel and get some laundry done for Keith, then had dinner at Woo Lae Oak, a Korean BBQ Restaurant. It was a nicer restaurant than we expected! Our meal was awesome! and if it wasn't four our friends, Lily and Min, we probably wouldn't of even gone in there! But because of them we have a new love for Korean food!!!

The next day Keith had class so Alex and I went to a nice park in Skokie, IL, called the Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park. It was free and had free parking!!! So that was the main reason why we decided to check it out! The park was really nice and we saw some pretty neat sculptures. Alex on the other hand was a little scared of some of the sculptures! But that's OK it was still fun! Later that day we played at the park then had dinner at another Chicago pizza place called Gino's East. This place had pretty good mozzarella sticks and deep dish pizza! Plus Alex got to write all over the walls! What more could we ask for! I would definitely check this place out if you go to Chicago!!

In other news, Keith passed the COMP exam! We are sooo sooo happy! This exam covers the first two years of medical school! Keith tells me he is thinking he will take the Step 1 exam in July. The Step 1 exam is the first of the medical board exams!

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