Date Night

On Friday night The Husband proposed a date night for Saturday. He wanted to go see Rod Blagojevich Superstar. So we decided we needed to go to dinner as well and chose Shaw's Crab House.

We had quite a bit of time between our reservation and the time the show started so we managed to go through two bottles of a wonderful sauvignon blanc from Chile.

We started with the crab and shrimp fritters. They were very light and were wonderful.

Then we each had a bowl of lobster bisque. It was good although we've had better at David Burke's Primehouse and N9NE. We didn't like the big pieces of carrot in the soup.

For dinner I had the 1.5 lbs of king crab. The Husband had the lobster, brie, and penne pasta. We'd been to Shaw's about 3 years ago when we first moved to Chicago. I remember being the lobster, brie, and penne being much better that time. It was quite disappointing the second time around although maybe our expectations were too high. The king crab was fabulous. I'd been craving some for a while so it really hit the spot.

We headed over to the tourist attraction of Navy Pier. I've lived in Chicago for 3.5 years and have only been to Navy Pier twice. Once I walked over during the day from our condo. Another time my office took a boat ride that started off Navy Pier. In general you do not want to eat or drink at Navy Pier. Very expensive and much better food elsewhere in the city. The Shakespeare Theater was very nice though and the Cirque Shanghai performance looked pretty cool.

Rod Blagojevich Superstar is put on by Chicago's famed Second City comedy troupe. Alumni include Tina Fey, Steve Carell, and Chris Farley. The musical is a spoof on Jesus Christ Superstar and also has songs based on other Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals. Unfortunately 2 days later and I can't get the song Rod Blagojevich Superstar out of my head. I highly recommend the show. It was hilarious. Those who aren't from Illinois and don't have much political knowledge might not get it though.

At the end of the show they did about 20 minutes of Improv based on suggestions of the audience too.

After the show we decided we needed to ride the Ferris Wheel. It was pretty cool being able to look out at the city. I only wish we had the good camera with us.