Occasionally Interesting, often not

Memorial Day weekend was much cooler than normal, so we had to bundle up. It was fortunate that we checked the forecast, because all the extra outerwear we brought came in useful. We're talking about a 40 degree difference from the temperature on the Sunday of last year (i.e. last year, 97; this year 57). Anyway, this was our first trip for which the destination was a restaurant. We like to go to good restaurants no matter where we go, but normally, we choose a destination and then figure out where to go. In this case, the restaurant dictated the destination. You might guess that the destination in this case was Alinea . In fact, it turned out that the whole trip was food centered. We tried many other Chicago standouts, from gourmet hot dogs at Frank 'n Dawgs , to steak, at Chicago Cut Steakhouse , to pizza, at Lou Malnoti's , and an long time neighborhood standout Lula Cafe But we also got around town and the environs to see the Art Institute of Chicago Museum , took i...