{"id":7511,"date":"2011-10-27T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/?p=7511"},"modified":"2011-10-23T19:31:57","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T00:31:57","slug":"chicago-travel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/27\/chicago-travel-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago : Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few years, <a title=\"New York City : Travel\" href=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/29\/new-york-city-travel\/\">New York City<\/a> was our favorite city to visit. But last year when we shot <a title=\"Rebecca + Matias : Wedding\" href=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/14\/rebecca-matias-wedding\/\">Rebecca and Matias&#8217; wedding<\/a>, we quickly fell in love with Chicago. It was like a tiny bite of NYC, but with a gorgeous water view and a little more space to breathe. It also doesn&#8217;t hurt that it&#8217;s a quick four hour drive away from our favorite grandparents, and we get to drive through sites like this to get there. :)<\/p>\n<p>I know there&#8217;s no sense of scale here, but these babies were HUGE! They make me think of <a href=\"http:\/\/disneyworld.disney.go.com\/parks\/epcot\/attractions\/ellens-energy-adventure\/\">Ellen&#8217;s Energy Adventure<\/a>. :)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7519\" title=\"0254_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0254_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0254_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0254_RootWeddings-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0254_RootWeddings-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We met these two while exploring the north side and talked for about 15 minutes! After meeting this little guy, I&#8217;m thinking his breed could be a good sibling for Huck. ;)<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7518\" title=\"0253_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0253_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0253_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0253_RootWeddings-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0253_RootWeddings-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course, a favorite thing to photograph in the city is the Bean!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7517\" title=\"0252_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0252_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0252_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0252_RootWeddings-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0252_RootWeddings-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Favorite!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7516\" title=\"0251_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0251_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0251_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0251_RootWeddings-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0251_RootWeddings-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7515\" title=\"0250_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0250_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0250_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0250_RootWeddings-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0250_RootWeddings-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7514\" title=\"0249_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0249_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0249_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0249_RootWeddings-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0249_RootWeddings-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7513\" title=\"0248_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0248_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0248_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0248_RootWeddings-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0248_RootWeddings-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We ended our day with a trip to the Sears Tower, where we stood in a glass box overlooking the city. Gorgeous! :)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7512\" title=\"0247_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0247_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0247_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0247_RootWeddings-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/0247_RootWeddings-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>More Travel Posts!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Paris, France : Travel Part 1\" href=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/06\/paris-france-travel-part-1\/\">Paris, France Part I<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Paris, France : Travel Part 2\" href=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/07\/paris-france-travel-part-2\/\">Paris, France Part II<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"New York City : Travel\" href=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/29\/new-york-city-travel\/\">New York, NY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few years, New York City was our favorite city to visit. But last year when we shot Rebecca and Matias&#8217; wedding, we quickly fell in love with Chicago. It was like a tiny bite of NYC, but with a gorgeous water view and a little more space to breathe. It also doesn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[200,350,349,235,348],"class_list":{"0":"post-7511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-personal","7":"category-travels","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-cloud-gate","10":"tag-sears-tower","11":"tag-the-bean","12":"tag-willis-tower","13":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7511"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7658,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7511\/revisions\/7658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}