FRIDAY:
i took another trip to chicago this weekend. this time, i drove down with one of my best friends in the whole world, ms. megan grady. we arrived in chicago, parked at chelsea's in wrigleyville, and headed to the pick me up cafe. megan ordered a delicious-looking hot chocolate, and i got a cup o' coffee. joel and his friend luke met up with us. when chelsea finished up with her internship she joined us too!
after the pick me up meg, chels, and i headed back to chelsea's apartment. she lives right by wrigley field, so we stopped to take some pics! at her apartment, we had some wine, chatted, and caught each other up on our lives.
the three of us then bundled up and prepared ourselves for a walk to guthrie's, where we ordered in giordano's pizza and played a game of sorry! before joel and his friend aaron showed up. we then ordered drinks and played 'identity crisis' and 'scattergories.' the three of us girls then went to walgreen's for toothbrushes. we then headed back to chelsea's, tried on her snuggie, watched modern family, and looked through funny books like "cake wrecks," "would you rather..?," and "other people's love letters."
SATURDAY:
on saturday, we woke up and watched an episode of glee while we waited for alyssa to meet up with us. once alyssa arrived, we rode the L downtown. first, we went to beard papa's for delicious cream puffs. we ordered a six-pack to save money. we decided two of us would eat two. alyssa ate three. what a gal! we then had a morning of tourist activities: we went to millennium park to take pictures in the bean and to see the face fountains. we then walked down michigan ave, stopped in burberry for free perfume samples, and then we went to the 96th floor of the john hancock building, where we went straight to the spot with the best view: the women's restroom.
from downtown, we headed to andersonville. chelsea took us to the t-shirt deli. the shop was set up like a sandwich shop, but instead of building your own sandwich, you design your own t-shirt. you get a bag of potato chips with every purchase! at this point, we were all very hungry, so we went to kopi for lunch. we got to sit on comfy pillows around a big coffee table on the floor. the sandwiches were delicious! after lunch, we went to the brown elephant resale shop and to galleria (a store with a lot of different booths--each with a different vendor), where i bought lavender vanilla toffees from terry's toffee (his toffees are available for celebrities to snack on in the green room at the oscars!) chelsea then took us to a little book shop. at this point, we were super tired, so we jumped on a bus and went back to chelsea's and immediately put on our pjs. we finished watching glee, ate some garrett popcorn, and played 'shout about tv' and the office board game. alyssa and chelsea are the queens of anything movie/tv/music/etc. related! we then changed back into regular clothes and headed to cozy rice and noodles for some thai food. mmm delicious! in line we played the celebrity guessing game. alyssa chose lisa marie presley and suri cruise. so hard to figure out! haha we then headed to joel's apartment for a party. after the party, we went back to chelsea's, where alyssa had to whip out her macgyver skills and repair the hole in the air mattress. unfortunately, the ss titantic still sunk sometime in the middle of the night. chelsea had to jump ship and find rescue on the couch.
SUNDAY:
woke up, had cereal at chelsea's, and laughed about how smoky we all smelled. we ran to the L to catch the train to lakeview. we walked around, went to a couple shops (hollywood mirror and ragtime), and got delicious cupcakes from phoebe's cupcakes. collectively, we got these flavors: mangonosa, peanut butter fudgy brownie, and a breakfast cupcake (which was topped with a piece of bacon!) we then had lunch at the chicago diner. while we waited for our table, we played another round of the celebrity guessing game. alyssa was scabbers (from harry potter) this time. so, the food...SO GOOD! my friend sarah recommended the lentil cakes appetizer, so we tried those. YUM. we also had sweet potato quesadillas and enchiladas. try it all! on the way back to chelsea's, i stopped at joel's. the weather was BEAUTIFUL, so we went on a walk around wrigleyville and went back to the diner for a blueberry shake. i then went back to chelsea's, and we watched a little bit of hairspray while we packed and wrote in her guestbook. megan, alyssa, and i then jumped in our cars and headed home.
I LOVE THOSE GIRLS. i am so incredibly thankful that we met in high school and bonded over running and that we were able to all be together again for an awesome weekend!!!
THIS WEEK:
i begin full-time student teaching! WHOA!
