"It's good...isn't it great...isn't it swell..."

I know what you're probably thinking.  Alright here comes another Priya post and she's about to let loose on all this stupid job stuff that's been happening to her.  Well I've been dwelling too much on that the last few days so instead I am just going to talk about my trip to Chicago.

I went to Chicago for 3 days with my mom, Anumasi (my mom's sister) and Auntie (my aunt on my dad's side).  We went to shop for clothes and jewelry for the wedding.  There is a street right outside of the downtown area that is seriously like little India.  All along it were Pakistani, Israeli, and Indian stores, restaurants and beauty parlors.  We spent two days just on this Devon Ave.  It was...an experience.

I loved the clothes and I loved hanging with my family (especially Auntie who I haven't spent time with in a while).  But...it was tiring and the bargaining...ohhhh the bargaining.  I just don't like it.

Either way, we had some good laughs.  We must've stuck out like a sore thumb because we would come into stores and the employee would say "oh I see you walking up and down for the last 2 days.  You look like you're all rush rush."

Here are some pictures from my very Indian Chicago weekend:

Freezer section at Patel Brothers, the Indian grocery store

Chutney Bar

The result of our shopping trip

On the last day we made it to the city.  This was my first time to Chicago.  I really wish we had more time to do stuff around there but we were all so tired by that point anyways.  We got to walk around the river area.  Chicago is beautiful! I definitely need to go back!

It was so overcast that we weren't able to go up to the Willis Tower.

It was a little chilly.  These are my family members in their neutral colored sweaters.

Hehe...I love this picture.

We ended the trip with some Chicago deep dish pizza....soooo good.  Awesome ending before flying back home.