The Windy City with memories and laughter! Fifty years ago, my mother used to take the train by herself to meet friends in Chicago. This time she went with a friend...her daughter. It marked the fifth trip that Mom, and I have taken as it started as a Christmas gift and now is a yearly tradition. It is unique when you can also count as your mother as one of your best friends. Our trips are very memorable, and I enjoy our time together. This time we rode the train, meeting people and having wine and laughter as the train rambled on to Chicago. We spent our next twenty-four hours wisely with a treat to Dinotto's(This is a restaurant that you can book in addition to the theatre as a package) and the Second City Theatre for a night full of laughs. We went on the  Red Head Piano bar to end the night.  The next morning it was the art museum and then a wonderful lunch in the Russian Tea Party restaurant. This is just minutes away from the art museum. We ended the trip, with new memories and I the luck one to get to re-live a trip as a friend of my mom's fifty years later!