Have you been firmly sticking to your diet/workout plan, and feel like you really deserve a good splurgey weekend?

If you answered "not really", you should probably ask yourself again. 

Chicago is one of the most riotously fun cities in the world, and if you're up for a caloric splurge, you shouldn't just waste it on an ordinary pint of Ben and Jerry's and local Pizza Hut (no offense to either of these companies; they are great for at-home splurging).  Turn the splurge into a fun trip with your girls.  Everyone gains weight on vacation anyway.

(Ed. note:  see "Spa getaway" to lose the weight from this trip).

Gooey, cheesy, deep dish pizza and Vienna beef Chicago dogs are really only two of the many many MANY mouthwatering options in the Windy City, and we will ensure you sample a bit of everything the city has to offer.

The Chicago Cuisine weekend includes:

• Downtown hotel accommodation
  
• Round-trip transportation between airport/hotel
• Chicago food tour
• Cooking class
• Private party at chocolate lounge
  
• Reservations at restaurant of your choice
• The Official Holiday Golightly Guide to Chicago

(For all other Optional activities on this Girlfriend Getaway, please click the "Activities" tab.  Optional activities may be substituted for "included" activities - prices may vary.)

You will be picked up from the airport and taken to your chic downtown hotel. We recommend lounging around in your fluffy hotel robes (we love robes!), and catching up with each other, until it's time to dress for dinner.  Dinner reservations will be made for you and your girls, so all you'll need to do is show up!  The following day you'll want to wear flat shoes, and prep your taste buds for your walking food tour.  In the afternoon, put on your aprons and prepare to be wowed as you sharpen your culinary skills in cooking class!  That evening you may be too full to eat, so dinner plans are flexible.  The next day is reserved for browsy-shopping in Lincoln Park, and your private party at the chocolate lounge.  Following the chocolate lounge party, you will pack up your new purchases and your suitcases, and will then be picked up and transported back to the airport.

Holiday Golightly does not "do" air.  Booking flights is an impossible, thankless task, and we are all about being thanked.  We recommend Kayak.com, and the destination airport code is either ORD (O'Hare) or MDW (Midway).  You're welcome!

The Four Seasons Hotel Chicago has created a Manolos and Martinis Package in honor of the new Sex & the City movie coming out in the U.S. on May 30th.

Package includes:

Complimentary copies of Vogue magazine - one for each guest

Complimentary in-room visit and cosmopolitans from the Martini Man

$700 gift card to Barneys New York on Oak Street to purchase a pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes

$50 gift card in the 900 Shops on North Michigan Avenue

Complimentary desserts in Seasons Lounge

Movie tickets can be arranged via concierge

Address:

120 East Delaware Place

Chicago, Illinois
60611-1428

Call Four Seasons for more information

Tel.

1 (312) 280-8800

Fax.

1 (312) 280-1748