What's Up With Pixxa: A Taste of Chicago

It's the Saturday before St. Patrick's Day and Pixxa wants to take Trichelle to see one of the great Chicago traditions...the turning of the green river green. Chicago is a very Irish town and to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, there is a big parade downtown. But before the parade steps off, there is the tradition of dyeing the Chicago River a bright green.

P: Come on Trichelle. Here's the bus stop. The bus will let us off right at the river. Here comes the bus!

P: Here's a good seat. We can look out the window.
T: This CTA bus is really nice.
P: Really bumpy, you mean!

After getting off the bus and walking across the street, the girls discover that they have missed the process.

T: Hey...I thought it was starting at 10:45am?
P: Yea, that's what the website said. Oh well...in Chicago, you never know. Sorry we missed it.
T: It just goes along with the rest of this dreary, foggy, rainy day.
P: Yes, they say we are sister cities with Dublin Ireland, well technically Galway Ireland...seems like we are sharing their weather too!

P: Check out the police boats.

T: I wonder where they are going in the pretty green water.

Note: Because we actually missed the water being dyed, I am inserting a time lapsed video in case you are interested in seeing the process...in hyper speed. The video only takes about a minute. DON'T FORGET TO CLICK THE BACK BUTTON TO COME BACK TO FINISH THE STORY.

CLICK HERE TO BE RE-DIRECTED TO THE VIDEO (there is music attached to the video)

Now back to our story...

One of Chicago's Finest atop his horse. Hey wait...what's that in his hand?

Those two girls can get into trouble in the blink of an eye! "Yes officer, you can release them to me. Thank you officer!"

T: That was fun riding on the Chicago Police horsey!!

T: Wow...look up at that building. The shape is very cool.
P: I think that's the Stone Container Building...well it used to be until it became the London Guarantee Building. But now it's the Crain Communications Building. They publish Advertising Age, Crain's Chicago Business (and the same format for other cities) and other trade publications.

P: There's Marina Towers...those two round buildings. In it's day, they were the tallest residential buildings in the world. There's also a great scene from The Blues Brothers movie of a car driving off the building that was filmed there.
T: Chicago is such an interesting place.

P: Here is where our ABC affiliate is based.

P: They broadcast the news right here in the window on the street.

T: The Chicago Theatre. I wish I was going to be here longer to go to the theatre in Chicago. That would be fun.

P: Behind us is one of the famous Marshall Field's clocks. This is one of the most famous icons in the city.

P: But even though it says Marshall Field's, this is now a Macy's. Ooo...come on Trichelle. We've got to go around the corner to one of my favorite places.
T: What?
P: You'll see!

P: Here it is...Sugar Bliss. I absolutely love their chocolate cupcakes with vanilla icing. It's my second favorite place to come for cupcakes! Molly's is my favorite!!