Introduction We had a 1 night layover in Chicago in the summer of July 2018, and we sorta splurged and booked the Gwen. I chose SPG just because I was trying to re-qualify for Platinum and these were the options I had at the time. The value of 3+ cpp was sort of a no-brainer […]
Introduction My foodie friend in Chicago recommended this Michelin 1 star restaurant called Elizabeth. They have ‘theme’ dinners and this month/quarter’s theme was the movie ‘Twin Peaks,’ which I never watched, so didn’t get the full experience of the meal, but I figured that the food should speak for itself. Once again, we had to […]
Introduction I had VERY HIGH EXPECTATIONS for Alinea. This was on the top of my list of restaurants I wanted to go to (French Laundry being second.) I was headed to Chicago in late August, and searched how to get tickets. I found out they opened up their online reservation system on the 15th of […]
Introduction Since this was a cat 4 hotel, I used a Chase Hyatt annual certificate for a 1 night stay since I had no destinations planned with a Hyatt category 4. We got to the hotel at around 11AM, and we immediately noticed there was a convention going on. The hotel lobby area was HUGE […]
Introduction I had amassed something like 100K Club Carlson from the cc signups back in the day, but never got around to using them all up. Well, the Radisson Blu Chicago is highly rated due to the location as well as just being a really nice hotel. I had booked 2 nights here initially, but […]