{"id":118,"date":"2011-05-26T23:45:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T23:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=118"},"modified":"2011-06-07T20:32:20","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T20:32:20","slug":"goodbye-chicago-the-return-to-indy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Chicago: the return to Indy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my final days at Chicago I went to visit Navy Pier. Well, first I got lost wondering around Chicago trying to figure out my way to Navy Pier. Which was pretty fun.<\/p>\n<p>I was wary of the place because I heard it was so touristy, I think a lot of people from Chicago don&#8217;t even go there. Unless they wanted to go to the IMAX theatre. But while it was touristy it was pleasant enough and I think a lot of boat tours start from there. I think after memorial weekend (the one coming up) a lot of stuff gets a bit more fun, like free shuttles etc. Any way it was nice, but going by myself I wasn&#8217;t inspired to do much there, like ride the ferris wheel etc<\/p>\n<p>We also visited the botanical gardens which was really pretty and I took lots of photos of the model railway system. The weather has been a bit crazy lately with thunderstorms, then being warm, but it&#8217;s all interesting.<\/p>\n<p>I took the megabus back to Indianapolis which was fine. There was some crazy hail last night, the size of golf balls, and some tornado warnings too!<\/p>\n<p>Right now I&#8217;m typing this up while at Bride1&#8217;s gym where she teaches gymnastics. I participated in the preschool class, and even got a ladybug stamp on my hand! The kids are really cute.<\/p>\n<p>Update: photos!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/2011\/06\/20110607-043254.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/2011\/06\/20110607-043254.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20110607-043254.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNavy pier<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/2011\/06\/20110607-043333.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/2011\/06\/20110607-043333.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20110607-043333.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/2011\/06\/20110607-043350.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/2011\/06\/20110607-043350.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20110607-043350.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/2011\/06\/20110607-043406.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/2011\/06\/20110607-043406.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20110607-043406.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my final days at Chicago I went to visit Navy Pier. Well, first I got lost wondering around Chicago trying to figure out my way to Navy Pier. Which was pretty fun. I was wary of the place because &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=118\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,9],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chicago","tag-indianapolis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ob9H-1U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":94,"url":"https:\/\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=94","url_meta":{"origin":118,"position":0},"title":"Atlanta","author":"admin","date":"May 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, I've taken good advice and spent the last few days resting. 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