weekend in photos 2/14-2/17

Justin and I took a three day weekend and went to Chicago.  It was such a fun relaxing weekend.  Valentines day we made a steak dinner and had chocolate covered strawberries for dessert.  We headed to Chicago Friday.  We walked the Magnificent Mile, went to the original Gino's East for some deep dish pizza and ended the night at the Clark St. Ale House. 

Saturday was a miserable attempt to go to the Shedd Aquarium.  We waited in line for 2 hours. In the freezing cold. Only to leave because they were at capacity and not letting anyone else in.  We ended up going to the hotel to warm up and buy tickets online for the next day.  The rest of Saturday was mostly relaxing.  We went to dinner at RMP Italian   It was really nice.  Lots of delicious drinks and Italian food. Justin had the carbonara and I had the tortellini.

Sunday we finally made it to the Shedd! I will always buy my tickets online if I know I'm going.  Waiting 20 minutes inside is a lot better than 2 hours outside.  The animals that the aquatic show didn't want to cooperate so it was very entertaining. We ended our day in Chicago walking back to the Bean and headed home.

Music Monday: Local Natives

Local Natives is an indie rock band based in Silver Lake, Los Angeles.  Three years ago Local Natives released their debut album, Gorilla Manor.  This year comes the release of their second album, Hummingbird (released January 29).  Hummingbird is very warm with its sweeping harmonies. It also references summer in many of the songs.  It's a perfect album to come out in the dead of winter.

Hummingbird  has many different sounds throughout the album and all comes together nicely. If you liked their first album, I'm sure you'll like this one just as much.  You can really tell they've put a lot of time and thought into creating it.  My favorite song on the album is "Breakers".  It's got all the things that I love about their music in one song. Take a listen and let me know what you think!

Track list:

1. You & I 2. Ceilings 3. Black Spot 4. Breakers 5. Three Months 6. Black Balloons		7. Wooly Mammoth 8. Mt. Washington 9. Colombia 10. Bowery 11. Ingrid (Bonus track)