My friends and I got tickets to see Blackpink in November and it was amazing!! It was a super short trip I flew in Wednesday night and flew out Friday afternoon. My mom was out of town so I stayed with my brother.
Blackpink had 2 tour dates in Chicago but we only got tickets for Thursday. It was our first K-Pop concert and we were very excited. They did not disappoint and I am so happy I was able to get a quick trip to see my besties and one of my favorite K-Pop groups. Here are some quick pictures of my time there.
Obligatory plane shotWednesday night I went with my friends to get some Korean BBQ at one of our favorite placesAlways with the bubble tea when I come to Chicago Thursday morning I met up with my bestie for breakfast before we waited in line to get some Blackpink merchandise. Since they were selling the merchandise at the United Center we decided to visit an old college haunt in Greek Town. Meli’s Cafe has a special place in our hearts because we have spent many mornings and brunches here in our 20s so we love to visit it when we can. We went to UIC (I went for a year) and I have always loved the neighborhood in general so it was really nice to see everything they have added and how much has changed. It was a lot of fun reminiscing about freshmen orientation and what a hot mess it was but great memories. The line for merchandise at 10am, they opened at 12pm. The line got way longer after us and I was happy to have had my bestie, Laney, to keep me company. The irony being she wasn’t even going to the concert because she snoozed on tickets and by the time she made up her mind tickets were ridiculously overpriced. She did end up buying some stuff though and that’s what I love about her she is always up for hanging out and getting into the spirit of whatever we are doing. Ahhhh getting super close to the merch truck. We went early so we didn’t have to carry everything with us at night. My other 2 besties were either working or busy so I volunteered to go and get our stuff and talked Laney into coming with me lololSuper happy to have gotten the goods and the only thing they didn’t have was the keychain that we wanted but we got our hoodies, shirts, lightstick, and hatsOf course after waiting for hours we had to get food and our favorite bubble tea. I swear this is the best bubble tea, it is made with fresh fruit and the tapioca balls are always made with perfection. Most places here in MN are made with powder so it always tastes off, so when I go to Chicago I always make a trip to my favorite place.Setting up my lightstick before the concert. People in line were handing out these cute bracelets so I picked some up for my friends tooThey had a fun cup sleeve event before the concert so we checked it out and took fun pictures in front of this balloon arch, had got some of their drinks, and entered raffles. Sadly this drink was not as good as I hoped but the can was cute so I included it in my memory Concert about to start Loved seeing all the pink (my favorite color)Photo cards that came with our merchandise purchase Meanwhile, in MN Dan took the day off to spend it with Scott and they ended up at MOA Sea Life. Scott really enjoyed it and Dan got suckered into buying the pictures since he really enjoyed his day too and wanted to remember it lol
As always, trips to Chicago go by super fast. I had so much fun though and happy I was able to get some great quality time with my besties and do a lot more than I imagined I would.
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