Entries Tagged as 'trolley'

Ollie the Trolley

March 3rd, 2006 · 3 Comments

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Ollie the Trolley, Magnificent Mile, Chicago

All of the Chicago trollies have a name. This is Ollie. There is also Molly, Polly, Dolly, Wally, Pasquali, Folly, and Melancholy Trolley, among many others.

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Naoko & Doug’s Wedding Dinner & Reception

October 25th, 2005 · 5 Comments


Joey on the trolley from The Drake to Gibson’s


Wedding Cake


Sake Keg


Seating


Dinner Menu


Pretty flowers on the table.


Doug & Naoko breaking open the sake keg.


Sake Ceremony


Sake Ceremony


Doug, Naoko, Heather


Naoko


Masu – Sake cup


Jeff’s Speech


Dallas


Naoko & Doug


Brad, Josh, Aly, Dallas


Brad & Mandy


Josh & Aly


Rachelle


Josh, Aly, Dallas, Rachelle


Dallas & Rachelle


Josh, Brad, Dallas


Josh, Brad, Dallas


Danny, Josh, Darren, Miko, Scotty, Dallas, Brad


Glenna & Brad


Lori


Lori


Sake!


Doug


Dallas & Rachelle


Uncle, Aly, Josh, Brad, Peggie


Glenna, BB, Dallas, Uncle


Chris, underaged sake server


Chris & Dallas


Dallas + Cute Baby


Dallas + Cute Baby


Dallas + Cute Baby


Dallas + Cute Baby


Filet Mignon and potatoes


Naoko


Doug & Naoko


Doug & Naoko

Naoko & Doug’s wedding continued on as all guests were trollied (our trolley was named Elvis) from The Drake Hotel to Gibson’s Steakhouse. Joey was on our trolley and got on the mic to give us a drunken “Doug is my best friend and I never thought I’d see him get married, I’m so happy” speech combined with a White Sox World Series score update. It was pretty funny. At Gibson’s, after getting drinks and being seated, there was a sake ritual with a KEG of sake and traditional wooden sake cups called masu. Have you ever seen a KEG of sake? It’s A LOT.

The dinner and party were tons of fun, but here’s a tip: eating a grilled cheese at noon.. then later on having a ton of drinks and not eating dinner til like 10pm isn’t a very good idea. Especially when you’re sitting at a table with some underagers who wind up out-drinking you. And also when there’s a lot of banzai and kampai toasts going on. Not so great. Some people might have even drank so much, so fast that they got scolded for helping themselves to liquor behind the bar and couldn’t even remember the steak they ate from the best steakhouse in the city.. the one they’d been looking forward to for weeks… and then that person might have had to be the first to leave the party! But that wasn’t me. My steak was yum yum and so were the cheesy scalloped potatoes with the.. eh.. crunchy stuff. Really good. And the sake was probably the best I’ve ever had.

So this was the last wedding in the Rachelle & Dallas wedding circuit this year. Each one was very different from the others and was really a lot of fun… but honestly, I’m glad this was the last one.. and so glad it was local! To show the diversity of the weddings this year – here are links to them -

2005 Weddings

» Tweeny & Josh’s wedding in an art museum in Washington DC

» Jen & Matt’s causual wedding at a large country house in Illinois

» Tandy & Chris’s tropical outdoor wedding on Kaua’i

» Megan & Scott’s more traditional, slightly Jewish wedding in Peoria

» Naoko & Doug’s classic Chicago wedding that mixed American, Buddhist & Japanese traditions

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Last Day

July 23rd, 2005 · 15 Comments


Waikiki, Honolulu


Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Piikoi Statue, Waikiki, Honolulu


Duke Kahanamoku Statue


Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Piikoi Statue, Waikiki, Honolulu


Waikiki Trolley


Sheraton Moana Surfrider


International Marketplace


Sheraton Moana Surfrider


Waikiki Honolulu


Corner of Paoakalani Ave & Kalakua Ave, Waikiki, Honolulu


Aston Waikiki


Aston Waikiki, free breakfast every day came in these lunchboxes


Last view from our room


Leonard’s Bakery


Leonard’s Bakery


Leonard’s Bakery


Leonard’s Bakery


Leonard’s Bakery Malasada


Leonard’s Bakery


Leonard’s Bakery


The Dole Cannery


View from The Dole Cannery


View from The Dole Cannery

The last day of our vacation was last Saturday. That afternoon we flew out of Honolulu on a redeye and landed in Chicago early Sunday morning.

The morning of our last day I got up early and packed all our stuff. Then I took a walk around Waikiki trying to soak it all up one last time.

All vacation Kathy had been building up these malasadas from Leonard’s Bakery in Honolulu so we stopped by to try some on the last day. Malasadas are portugeuse fried dough….. and soooooooooo yummy. They tasted like they were fresh out of the fryer when we ordered them. I scarfed down 1 1/2 in like 3 seconds and had another one when we were at the airport.

Finally, we shopped around and went to the old Dole Cannery, which is a kind of crappy shopping center, to kill time before our flight.

That’s it. Im sad to be done with vacation, both the real vacation and the virtual one here!

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Navy Pier

June 21st, 2005 · 4 Comments

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Chicago Harbor Lighthouse :: Navy Pier, Chicago

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Navy Pier, Chicago

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Navy Pier, Chicago

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Navy Pier, Chicago

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Navy Pier, Chicago

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Stephanie :: Navy Pier, Chicago

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Stephanie :: Navy Pier, Chicago

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Chicago Skyline :: Navy Pier, Chicago

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Free Trolley :: Navy Pier, Chicago

See also:
» Chicago Children’s Museum
» Chicago Harbor Lighthouse
» Steph & Jess at Navy Pier
» Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier
» Seagulls by Stephanie, age 8

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