mmmmmm

Today, our first day off in a couple weeks, provided an opportunity to consume the Holy Trinity of Chicago treats:

Quite delicious. I have to admit that the pizza pictured is from Lou Malnati's last night, but we did eat at Gino's East tonight and I was thoroughly impressed. I figured out part of the secret to the allure of Chicago deep dish pizza is that by the time it takes to get to your table 45 minutes later, you're so hungry that anything tastes amazing.

Chicago is also a city with some great marketing ideas. Just walking around, looking at all of the outdoor ads, store front displays and the mobile marketing was fascinating. I was, however, perplexed by this ad for Macy's:

This guy is standing here with both ends of an electrical plug, seemingly poised to perform a Christmas-Vacation-esque lighting of the bulbs behind him - only, they're already lit...but it's unplugged...? Who are the ad wizards that came up with that one?

(bonus for the person who can name the origin of the last line)