I was quite impressed to see the city decked out for their NFC Champion team--even the lion statues outside of the Art Institute had Chicago Bears helmets on!!!
(me with my beautiful soon-to-be doctor friend, in front of one of those lions...)I bought a Bears hat just for the occasion and barely took it off all weekend, traveling all over the city to show my support for da Bears.
Here I am on the El (i.e. elevated train/metro) with my Michigan med school friend, who felt up my liver and let me feel her's too (while still wearing da Bears hat!):
And in front of the Millennium Park with my Fizzalicious gal pal:
And for a while, it seemed like it would be a glorious victory: Devin Hester returned the opening kickoff for a 92-yard touchdown, giving da Bears the lead-- only 14 seconds into the game!!
My native Chicagoan buddy and I were pretty optimistic!! Things were looking good at the end of the first quarter! (By the way, I HATE how my eyes are always closed on indoor digital camera photos...)
But unfortunately, it was not to be and everything went downhill in the second quarter...And worse... =(
So I'll swallow what Bears pride I had (after about 2 days in Chi-town) and take my hat off to Peyton Manning, who wins his first Super Bowl, is named MVP and can put to rest his reputation as a choker:
*Disclaimer: I have to admit that I am not a big football fan by any means, but being in Chicago and having the whole city putting their hopes on this scrappy, underdog team made me more involved in the game. And to those who swore in advance that Rex Grossman would choke: bugger off! (although you were right... =P).
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