a SPACE to DWELL in: June 2010

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Chicago Day 3. Part 1

01 This morning we woke up around 8. And had a relaxing morning that started with clearing my memory cards. I now have room for 600+ more pictures. Joan made breakfast. Eggs, pancakes, fruit and yogurt. The eggs were coated in delicious cheddae cheese. After breakfast we got dressed and did out hair and makeup. We didn't end up leaving the house till a lot later than expected so things ended up being a bit rushed. We made a trip to a Wolf Camera, another of the stores that is owned by the company that I work for. My old district manager Dustin is the DM in chicago now. He was out of town on vacation this week though. After wolf we went to a Occult supply store. The store had a great selection but I behaved myself and spent less than $10. We rushed from there to edgewood station to get on the Metra train. We got there 3 minutes before the train was supposed to come. The train was 20 minutes late. We are on our way into chicago as I am writing this. I should have lots of fantastic things to write about by later this evening!

Chicago Day 2. The Vine

01 The Vine was beautiful. It is a martini and wine bar that also has a fantastic menu. Lauren and I enjoyed it so much that we will be returning this evening when we come back from downtown. Last night there was live music. The Piano guy. He was good, so it made the experience even more enjoyable. My drink for the evening was a butterfinger martini. Yep, butterfinger. They had an entire slew of candy flavored martinis. They of course also had the traditional martinis. I will need to take a picture of their menu. Lauren had a flirtini. A bubbly blue martini. We had a great time. Afterwards we went home and had planned on watching a movie and drinking some wine. By the time we had our pjs on though we were both too tired for a movie, so we went to bed and decided to save the movie and wine for tonight instead.

Chicago Day 2 Part 2

01 We got back from downtown around quarter after 8. This is when part two begins. We went to a liquor store, which apparently are rare in Chicago... the grocery stores sell liquor. Heck I saw a CVS that sold it too. We purchased a bottle of wine. A white zyphendale. (Fix spelling later) After we got back to my cousins house we put our swim suits on and joan gave us a ride to the beach.

Too tired to type. Expand later.

Swimming. The Vine. Bed.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Chicago Day 2 Part 1

01 Today started when I woke up at 7. I was realieved to see that I still had a full hour to return to sleep. I woke up again at 8 when my alarm went off. I proceded to exit the beautiful blue bedroom that I am staying in. In the hall I was greeted by Ella who was closly followed by Joan. Ella heard me get up. Soon Lauren was also awake and the 4 of us girls convened in the kitchen for hot caffinated beverages and mulberry torte. Joan went back to bed when we decided it was time to get prepared for the day. We got dressed, repacked bags to carry, and were on our way. On the train I devoured the bag of blueberries and raspberries as I drank my white tea. The tea was amazing, infused with the flavors of pomegranite and blueberry. The 9:05 train got us to Union Station at about quarter after 10. First mission was to head towards Michigan avenue. We stopped in a couple amazing litttle shops. In one jewelry store I found a necklace that I loved (picture to be included later) we had lunch at the rosebud. (Picture to be included later) pasta was a perfect lunch. After lunch we walked back to Michigan ave and did some shopping. Hit some sales. Spent some money.Went to Tiffany's wished we could afford things. Around five after seeing some amazing photography we headed off to find the Taste. We found the taste... and a lot of food. I had icecream with strawberry sauce, some tempura vegetables, sweet potato fries and stuffed spinach pizza. All of them were amazing! The most unique thing that we found was a mashed potato stuffed chocolate cupcake. It was fantastic! We ended up having to speedwalk back to the train. We are on the train now on our way back to Mark and Joan's house. Planning another adventure tonight and our day tomorrow. More later. Many photo blogs to come!

Chicago Day 1

01 Hello blog. Yeterday was day one in chicago. We left home at 8am and arrived at Mark and Joan's housearound 4pm. We spent a short period of time at there house getting situated before we left to catch a train downtown. Joan made it home before we left. It is so great to see her again. It had been a long time. The train was a bit of an adventure, we wanted to get on at prairie crossing... but missed to train due to time spent talking. We eneded up getting on in deerfield instead. 20 minutes away. Lauren and I got downtown a little before 7 and started walking to find Boni Vino's. Boni Vino's is an itallian resturant. With true Italian food and atmosphere. We went the wrong way. After fidgiting with the gps and getting directions from a fireman we were finally headed in the right direction. We walked a lot. We got there finally and the menu was amazing. We both had pizza. Mine was a personal sized three cheese pizza with mushrooms and eggplant on it. Yep, eggplant. I was impressed. My drink was also amazing! Amaretto Sour. One of Laurens drinks of choice. Definately something I will order again. And possibly learn how to make. It was that good. We left dinner at 8:30. We walked down to Michigan ave, even though most everything was closed. It was a good way to see where we want to go on day 2. We got home to Mark and Joan's around quarter after eleven. Sat and talked. Ella their dog did some tricks. We went to bed.