Chicago Weekend (Day 1)

Adam and I drove to Chicago for a long weekend last week. It is about 260 miles from Mount Pleasant (closer than LA to LV).

The husband got hungry after a couple of hours so we stopped at a cute town in Michigan called Benton Harbor.  We had a lunch

Once we arrived in Chicago, Adam wanted to eat again so we had a snack and cocktails at Chez Joel.

Cocktails

French onion soup

The Chicago Skyline

Boxes of cereal at Ian's.  He lives alone.

Ian took us on a tour of Logan's Square (hip neighborhood of Chicago).  It was awesome to catch up. 

kind world

have you seen this tumblr page kind world?  i think i saw the link through npr.

 

 

http://kindworld.tumblr.com/

be kind, rewind.

travel: Chicago

we are taking a roadtrip to chicago this weekend for a guided by voices show.  guided by voices is to adam as radiohead is to me, well at least in the 90s-00s.  adam has seen them many times in many states.  this will be my first GBV show. so excited.  do you think it will be bro-ey?<- not a word.

we'll be making pit stops at superdawg and mitsuwa chicago.  better make a list.

travel: new york

So last weekend, we took a kind of spur of the moment trip to New York city.  We realized we haven't taken a summer vacation with just the two of us for no reason trip. :)

The last time we were in new york was in 2009-2010 to buy my ring.

When I'm visiting a city, I get so excited every morning I wake up really early (5am).  Adam won't wake up till 10am at least (he's on vacation mode).  So we've started this new thing.  I wake up, have a coffee, croissant and go people watch.  I bring back a coffee and croissant for Adam.  We start our day.  This is my pre-breakfast (this is one of the many reasons I am so fat).

Another one of my pre-breakfasts at Le Pain Quotiden

We didn't have a schedule.  We ate and drank a ton, saw friends, visited museums.  Almost got Dan Ruhe to come visit. 

dream car

Remember my Dean and Deluca/ Felicity obsession? (this juice cost $7)

What's a trip to New York without an everything bagel?

I love the city.  I can't wait to go back.

mount pleasant

i want this shirt.

buy it for me here

this online shop [mitten shop] is so cool. i think they should make other states as well.

weekend

adam is taking me to see Moonrise Kingdom this weekend!

it takes forever for a movie to come to Michigan and we have to drive to Lansing (an hour away) to see it. oh well. we'll make a day out of it.

Sharon

I've known Sharon most of my life. She took me to gallery openings, museums, plays, concerts when I was a little girl. I feel like I owe a lot of how I turned out to her.

My mom and I visited her last week after our mother/daughter LA outing.

Anyway, Elena and my brother asked Sharon to officiate their wedding. Her eyes were filled with tears. I can't wait for the wedding. I think it is going to be very cool.