This year, I got a chance to celebrate St. Patrick day in Chicago - we had always planned to check out the famous green river during the celebration. It was a last minute plan (I decided to go around 4 PM Friday where we left around 8 PM). The plan was made 2 weeks ago but I canceled it since the Russian won't be able to make it (he is back from Atl Saturday). But couple of my friends decided to go still without us. Friday, they came to my cube and asked me again if I would like to join them (they have a car and hotels, so I just needed to tag along). I called Russian, and told him that I won't be able to pick him up and had hid the key so he can enter the apartment.
The ride to Chicago was quick, we only stopped once where we had to fill up gas - I drove the first part, for around 2 hours, then the rest of the trip I enjoyed my sleep. We arrived around 3 AM, and went to sleep right away.
The next morning we all got ready at 9.30 AM, and walked to the river area - it was crowded and we couldn't decide where to stand, so we walked around for several minutes, and at the time we decided we couldn't find a spot anymore : ( but I was small enough, and was able to squeeze myself between 2 people, and got a front spot.
The color of the water prior to the dyeing ---- Color after the dyeing
They used orange to brighten the color since the river has dark green water
This was how they did it - the boat made 4-5 rounds until the water changed color. There was another small boat, which only drove around to mix up the dye.
After the event, we walked around the Millenium Park and around Michigan Avenue and ended up eating at the Indian Garden restaurant. The food was delicious, I will totally go back there one day. After the lunch, I split up from everyone and decided to go and hang out with my Chicago friend who came to eat lunch with us.
We went to a Japanese market & food court - hung out around the bookstore for 2 hours and ate bento boxes, bought a bunch of Japanese snacks. It was nice to talk and hang out with him all day - I haven't seen him for quite a while. We also went to watch "The Ride to Witch Mountain." I regretted spending 20 bucks to see this movie.
We all left Chicago at 11.30 PM, and drove back to MN with one traffic ticket for following another car too closely.
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