I love Chicago and going to a game at Notre Dame has been on Ryan's bucket list since he saw the movie Rudy. So a few years ago we agreed when NC State played at Notre Dame we would make the trip happen! Luckily we were able to get some friends to join and make a weekend out of it! The first night we went to a restaurant in Chicago called Gilt Bar that had a speakeasy downstairs. The atmosphere and food were just what we were looking for. They even had a gluten free chocolate chip skillet cookie!!!
The next morning we hit up Beatrix for brunch. They had awesome food and lots of gluten free pastries.
We had a snack and some more caffeine at Eataly.
We shopped a lot and checked out some good spots around town including the Bean, Chicago River and Cindy's Rooftop bar.
Here we are with the Stanleys, Lindsey and Blake. They are the sweetest couple and both went to NC State with Ryan and I.
Blake and I grew up together and have been celebrating birthdays (ours are 3 days apart) since 1995! We went to RPM Steak for dinner and of course I embarrassed him and had this obnoxious display of cotton candy and chocolate cake covered in gold with candles!
Saturday morning we woke up and bundled up...it was cold! We rented a limo to take us to Sound Bend, which is about 1.5 hours away from the city.
I am thankful so many people told us to get to the game several hours early. Notre Dame campus is absolutely beautiful and there really is so much to see and do. We saw bag pipes, marching bands, the chapel and touch down jesus. We also toured the basketball arena and bought some goodies at the bookstore.
We took lots of memorable pics including the stadium and touchdown Jesus of course!
Once it was game time we were freezing!
The stadium is one of the nicest I have ever seen. Also everyone there is extremely nice!!! I loved all the little details like the food items and the NC State hot dog.
Unfortunately our best player (who scores all our points) got hurt during the first quarter, but luckily we had good seats and great company!
Only a few more games left to go to this year, but this one will be one we never forget!
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