Day 269 sitting on the Lake

One half of my visiting party left on Monday morning. Twas quite sad. The rest of the day was spent down in the city, walking along the lake, talking to seagulls and watching the sailboats. Pretty splendid. The blue clouds even came out for a minute or two here and there. We managed to avoid the predicted rain for the entire day, which was perfect since umbrellas were forgotten at home. Oops! Worked out well for us though!

Day 254 was the icing on the cake

Today was the graduation show for my improv class. It was a lot of fun! And the icing on the cake, my friend Emily came from New York to see the show! This makes two shows in a row that I had visitors from New York - I'm lucky to have such wonderful friends! After grabbing some celebratory drinks with people in my class Emily and I went to Dos Segundos for an early dinner. We went a little overboard, food-wise. For instance, we started with one dessert (Death by Chocolate cake) and knew it wouldn't be enough to share so we ordered another. When our waiter brought out our Chocolate Mint Cake he said, "Here's round two." My momentary embarrassment was eased by the amazingly delicious desserts. Such a fun day!

Day 194 is so so so happy!!

My sweet, sweet Emily is here in Chicago! My very first visitor and I couldn't be happier. And look at this fancy bag and jewelry she brought with her. Love. Tomorrow we're throwing on our Dumbledore's Army shirts and rocking the HP midnight showing in total geek fashion, cause we're just that awesome. Yayay!

Day 35 goes to the market

I wish I could bottle this feeling of happiness that these two crazy awesome kids bring me. The strangest thing is we're kind of... strangers. Really. Except it doesn't feel like that in any way -it feels more like we've been friends forever. I thank Amanda for creating this epic friendship and the only thing that would make their trip here perfect-er is if she was here with us to enjoy trips to smelly fish markets and quaint island towns and whiskey bars at midnight. We're keepin it disney for you, manda!