Chicago 2012 (Part 2) - Hotel and 312

from left to right (Ferida, Ashley, Lida)

So we got to Allegro Hotel, it's a pretty nice trendy looking place with odd shaped furniture and retro wallpaper. I was in a room 2 of my female friends, Lida and Ferida and was expecting to have two queen sized beds but that didn't happen they got us in a 1 king size bed but they were "nice" enough to send a cot... The room was pretty tiny and our view out the window was parking garage but if you look past it, you can see parts of the city. I wasn't aware but another female cousin of theirs, Ashley is also coming down and joining in our fun. I've met her before so I didn't mind that but it would make for a much tighter spot for us in the room. We settled in the room a bit relaxing with a few drinks and shots we slowly got ready for dinner. One of the sisters went to concierge to find out a place to eat nearby and suggested the restaurant 312 that was attached to the hotel.

The restaurant 312 in my opinion wouldn't be the place I would have picked to go to. It was chain restaurant quality disguising itself as upscale. The food wasn't terrible by all means just for the price of it I can probably find the same quality for less, and the waitress we had wasn't too catering to us. She would come around every once in a while but not enough to fill my water or ask if I needed another glass of wine. She did read us the specials which I went ahead and got the NY strip. Ferida and Elma also got the same thing but they ordered their steak well done. Okay, me being kind of a foodie was so appalled that anyone would order their steak well done. I mean that's all the flavor you're cooking up and all the natural juices. Sounding like a food snob I automatically judged them for not ordering a steak correctly; funny thing is my medium rare steak was sickly looking to them. Once we were finished with our meal we went back to the hotel and try to figure out what to do afterwards. We later got a call from Bruce that he'll be on his way to hang out and take out in the city.