Last Friday my mom drove down to Chicago from Wisconsin for her much belated birthday dinner and theater date. We do this every year, but this year for some reason we celebrated about 6 months too late. Oh well. Better late…. This year we had tickets for the Steppenwolf Theatre and went to a restaurant [...]

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Jeannette, Jessica, Rachelle :: Signature Room, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
Jessica and Jeannette, two of my best friends from New York, visited this weekend, taking advantage of the cheap airfare JetBlue was offering now that they’re flying out of O’Hare. Highlights of the weekend were having dinner at Volo, meeting up with Scott and Erin for a [...]

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Wicked Marquee at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre, Theater District, Chicago

Rachelle & Mom, Theater District, Chicago

Inside the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre, Theater District, Chicago
Last year my mom came down and we had dinner at Petterino’s, saw the Field’s windows and then went to Mama Mia. This year, [...]

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National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC

National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC

Capitol Building, Washington DC

Escalator at the DuPont Metro Station, Washington DC

Rachelle & Kelly, Church Street Theater, Washington DC
After visiting the World War II Monument, Kelly and Jeff and I walked over to the National Museum of the American Indian, a museum [...]

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Bottle Can Draft :: Matilda’s, Lakeview, Chicago
Last night I met up with Justin at Matilda’s to see Bottle Can Draft. It’s a play that takes place in a bar… so the location is actually in a bar, instead of a theater. It’s interesting because we were sitting at the bar and a lot of the [...]

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