8.8.10

We headed to Chicago for our anniversary. Our pals let them us at their unoccupied downtown condo. Do Chicagoans call michigan ave. area "downtown"? I just sort of made that up. Either way, the place was in a perfect location for the things we had planned. We spent the day doing the requisite walk down Michigan Ave. to Millenium Park. Then headed back and got ready for our anniversary dinner. We went to Mon Ami Gabi in Lincoln Park. This restaurant has a few other locations around the country - 2 of which we have been to - and since we love it so much there, we figured we would try the Chicago locale. We were very pleased. Afterward we got some cupcakes down the street for dessert (separate post on cupcakes to follow).

9.17.09

Thursday was Jon's birthday (and my mom's!). A while ago, we were planning on being in Vegas for his bday, but those plans fell through. So instead, we decided to go to a Vegas restaurant we love that also happens to be in Oakbrook, IL. We had a tasty steak dinner, got a cheap room at a really nice hotel (thank you Priceline!), watched The Hangover in our room and overall had a nice little getaway.

A little tidbit of note: Our hotel was at Hamburger University. I'm not kidding. You think this is fake? It is not. The hotel was a Hyatt and is on the grounds of the McDonald's Headquarters...aka Hamburger University. This place is awesome. Weird McDonald's artwork all over, McDonald's shuttles driving around that say "I'm Lovin It", teams of McDonald's employees walking around. Fascinating!

7.11.09

This is Dre's street. While Jon was trying to maneauver his car out of his spot on the street, I was being really helpful by taking pictures.

7.10.09

We took in a Cubs game at the friendly confines on Friday afternoon. Say what you will about the Cubs, but Wrigley is pretty sweet. I can't say the same about the game we saw though. The Cubs lost - they had a lot of errors and the fans turned on them quick.

Also, you would think we are Cardinals fans or something though because they were the opposing team at both the Brewer and Cubs game. We are not.

7.9.09

Last Thursday, we made our way down to Chicago to hang out with Dre and to take in a Cubs game. This is Dre's living room. I am kind of obsessed with this chair.

4.28.09

Oh, hello, Britney Spears.


a few highlights from the show

• The Pussycat Dolls opened and Nicole Sherzinger stole the show vocally the entire night. Actually she might have been the only person to actually sing live the whole night, so maybe it wasn't much of a competition.
  
• someone got engaged on stage during PCD. Srsly. Then they dedicated Stickwitu to them.
• I met up with a friend from college who I haven't seen in years!
• Was there a live band? no
• Was there any live singing? I don't think so.
• Was there otherwise amazingness? Yessssssssssssssss!!!!!
• I think she said exactly 3 words the whole concert - "What's up Chicago!" Otherwise everything was totally rehearsed. ha! And no one cares! I love it.
  
• The Allstate Arena is kind of awful. So disorganized. The arena is small though, which made every seat actually pretty good I think.
• It was worth every expensive cent that I spent. Comparable in price and entertainment value to any Cirque show I've seen in Vegas...and it was better I think. Well, if you are a Britney fan. If you aren't, you may not agree.
• aaaand basically, she's awesome.
  

2.7.09

On Saturday I went dress shopping with Diz and her mom in the Chicago burbs. This is NOT the dress she chose. She wasn't really going for the flower child look.