The Windy City

Wedding

In the third week of August, one of my boyfriends' cousin got married in Schaumburg, Illinois. His cousin is 100% Japanese and married a 100% Indian woman. When I heard that their wedding was going to be a traditional Indian wedding a few weeks prior, I could not contain my excitement! I have seen many Bollywood films and it was a bucket list of mine to attend a traditional Indian wedding. Below will be pictures of the attire the Bride wore.

Henna

Our plane arrived a few hours after the henna session for all the females, so I was sad. On a good note, we didn't miss dinner and got to taste the famous Chicago DEEP DISH Pizza. Yum! One slice filled me up, but since it was all you can eat, I went for another slice. It came with a complementary salad and pasta. We finished off with a miniature pizookie.

The Brides' henna: the bridges represent the places she lived in. I cannot remember correctly but one of the bridges is the Brooklyn Bridge for New York and the other one is the Golden Gate Bridge for when she lived in San Francisco.

Fun fact: Henna on the Brides' hand have the Grooms' name engraved somewhere and the groom is to find it before anyone else.

You cannot get a pizza like this anywhere else.

Me During the Wedding

Here is my day to night makeup/clothing for the wedding

My date!
Day Outfit:
Blue Floral Jumper: Love Culture
Heart Necklace: Amazon
Extensions: Bellami

Night Outfit:

Pink Scallop Cut Dress :Francesca's

Small Statement Necklace: Francesca's

Touring Chicago!

Chicago has so much to offer from its history, architecture, food, and culture. You'll never have a dull moment in the Windy City.

Corn on a Cobb Building

Majestic Fountain

View a tour of the architecture of the city using on of the boats provided.

The Bean

Willis Tower: 108 floors high!!!

The spiders on the other side of the glass frightened me more than the height!

This was the end of my trip! Thank you for sharing my journey with me!

photocredits to Stacy Ramos

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