Erin & Snickers, Roscoe Village, Chicago
Bongo Room, Wicker Park, Chicago
Bongo Room, Wicker Park, Chicago
Old & New, Grant Park, Chicago
Rachelle & Jessica, Monroe Marina, Chicago
Watching World Cup @ Pizza Metro, Wicker Park, Chicago
Jess was in town this weekend for a visit. She’s had bad luck coming out in the past, where she has had to cancel trips. The first time she helped me move here but had to rush back home the next morning for a family emergency and the second time she had her plane tickets all purchased and everything then another emergency came up and she had to cancel. This time, finally, it was all good. Good weather, great times.
Quick rundown of what we did – Thursday night we went out for dinner at El Tapatio. Note: If the waiter asks you if you want a JUMBO sized margarita, say “no” even if he says it’s a great value, which it is. Those things are both big and strong.
On Friday we went to dinner at Kitsch’n then went to a party at Erin’s house. There were more photos, but that snickers one is the only one that can be shared. Sorry. What happens at Erin’s house stays at Erin’s house.
Saturday we went to the Bongo Room for breakfast. Jess had a breakfast burrito, but I’m always tempted by the crazy pancake/french toast creations. Pictured above is the Chocolate Tower French Toast, which is composed of bittersweet chocolate chunk bread, maple marscapone, banana creme brulee sauce, bananas, and shaved chocolate. Afterwards we dragged our bloated stuffed bellies to Akira to try on clothes and shoes, which I wouldn’t recommend after binging like that unless you want to just stand there in an ill-fitting halter top going “oh, im so fat!” like we did. We headed home to rest since we only got a couple hours of sleep, got a pedicure and then went out to dinner with Dallas, my brother, and my sister-in-law.
On Sunday we tried to burn off all those calories by walking through Millennium Park, through Grant Park, down to Buckingham Fountain, then all the way up the lake to Navy Pier. Hopefully it helped a little! It was a nice relaxing last day.
We miss having Jess around already, but hopefully this trip convinced her she’s got to visit more!