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See What Makes Chicago Unique..in 4 hours
Run Mom Run….was more like it when Beth Feldmen (@rolemommy) – author of the new book See Mom Run - had a quick stop in Chicago to promote her book. We only had four hours to tour Chicago together, but we certainly made the most of our limited time.
First stop: WGN TV Chicago. Here, I met Beth, clutching a hot Grande Non-Fat Skinny Vanilla Latte to offer her, while my assistant, Val, took care of her make up. I hit Twitter and Facebook hard, to line up our schedule for the day. While I caught up with Larry Potash, anchor of the morning news (where I once did on air parenting segments!), Beth completed her interview with Alyson Payne.
Second stop: Ellis Cheesecake World, where Marc S Schulman and Cheesecake were awaiting us. After a quick introduction, Beth and I were off on a tour of the factory, learning how the world’s best cheesecake is made. Once equipped with our hairnets and robes, Debbie gave us the VIP tour. Did you know that cheesecakes are baked twice? You wouldn’t believe how many made from scratch cheesecakes come out of this factory every day. Even though our schedule was packed, we made the time for some generous samples and of course to get a few to go.
Third Stop: 1-800-Baskets. Pulling up, we saw a lot of activity going on outside the warehouse. We had no idea it was the big sample sale day! You know we love a good sale…We had to zip in and have a very quick tour…and what a WOW.. this is a factory very reminiscent of Santa’s Workshop, we got to marvel at the amazing selection of foods, candy, containers, and over the incredible time and detail that go into creating each basket. After getting a chance to sample some of the basket contents, as well as meet the kind people behind their creation. As a girl who buys a lot of gift baskets, I would say you should see the quality and attention your special gift will get…check out http://www.1800baskets.com
Fourth Stop: The Chicago Board of Trade CBOT. It was a mad rush to get there, Allan Schoenberg and Nancy Loo were waiting for us. I’d never been on the floor of the options exchange and I didn’t want to miss my chance! It was amazing. We dashed in for the tour. Nancy was kind enough to lend me her coat (I was wearing jeans!) so that I could stand on the floor, and it was so exciting to be in the middle of all that action.
After all of that, time was running short. We swung by Millennium Park, Navy Pier and drove down Michigan Avenue. We took a quick five minutes to stop at Garrett Popcorn. I’m not ashamed to admit that having Nancy Loo along was a huge benefit, making it easy for me to cut a long line to grab a tin of Chicano Mix. Not even to mention how awesome it was to have her for a personal tour guide in the car, with her extensive knowledge of the city.
After dropping Nancy back at Fox News, Beth and I made a run for it, arriving at Comedy Sportz Theater just in time for her to get ready to put on her show. To be continued…
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