This past weekend was the coldest weekend in Chicago in 54 weeks. Of course, we had to go visit Laura. She needs everyone of these scarves and mittens. The high for the weekend was 10. There are icicles everywhere with signs warning people to be aware of falling ice. These are just an example of the ones outside the back of Laura's apartment. We forgot to get pictures of the river and the lake. I don't think any of us wanted to stand outside and take our gloves off to get the picture.


For Christmas, Laura got Mort and I 2 nights at the Hyatt. It was very nice. This is our room which we really only slept in.
Another part of our gift was tickets to the Women in Public Policy (WIPP) follies production. Even though some skits were inside jokes, we really enjoyed it and it was put together really well. This is Laura in the opening "Everybody wants to rule the school"-they are supposed to be dressed as in the 80's.

Another skit, more Laura.


Laura mimicking the dean, risky but the dean is a good sport.
Mort and Laura on the bus. We visited Adler Planetarium Sat afternoon after a HUGE breakfast in Wicker Park and a run through a big sell of clothes by Chicago Designers( think$10 for items over $100)Later we took the El to Avec for dinner. There are places on the platform that have heated areas. The pigeons took most of the space.


(Laura liked this one)
We went to Spamalot on Saturday night. It was very funny and seemed to run too fast. Sunday, we have breakfast/brunch at Ann Sather's. One of the side dishes was 2 giant cinnamon rolls (yum!!!!) and you got to pick 2 sides. We ended up taking most of it with us. We had a great time, Laura is an excellent guide and it was a wonderful gift.