My best friend turned 30 over the weekend.
I think birthdays should be celebrated. Life is temporary here on earth. And short. So celebrate with those you love when you survive another year.
So, for Meggan's birthday, we had a kid-free weekend in Chicago with friends. It was extremely fun!
We started the weekend off with a birthday dessert at the Trump Terrace (Yes. Dessert before dinner.), which offered some of the most amazing views of Chicago.
After that, we went to dinner at Local 22. (The pic below is from the bathroom.) I had a chicken-wrap and oh man it was delicious. That plus my sweet potato fries made dinner amazing. We considered doing karaoke afterwards, but none of us were brave enough to be the first to go. Especially when we would have to follow this guy that had the crowd eating out of his hand. We talked about dancing after that, but didn't want to wait in the long line outside of Joe's.
Sunday was exciting as we toured downtown. We went to Millennium Park and checked-outcloud gate "the bean" first and then headed past the faces that spit water. Then, we thought it would be fun to walk 2.9 miles to Navy Pier. Needless to say, we were starving by the time we got there so we ate at Harry Caray's for lunch. Thankfully, we made it there and got a table before the rain brought in a huge crowd. After dinner we walked to the end of the pier and then took a free trolley and the L back to our car.
When we got back to the hotel, we played pool basketball against the Schwirtz's and lost to them by 1. And then after that game we played PIG and I beat them all. Which is pretty funny because I am the least athletic and have played that least amount of college basketball out of all of us. For dinner, we went to good ol' Chili's so we could eat 5 baskets of the bottomless chips and salsa plus our dinners.
The weekend was fantastic. Exhausting. And fun. I had such a good time that I was actually pretty sad to get home.
A quick shout-out to all the parents and family that watched all the kids so that we could have a weekend together. Especially to my parents who had to take on my baby girl which included lots of diaper changes plus two rambunctious little girls.
And to Meggan, may this year be truly remarkable and a thousand times more amazing than you ever dreamed it could be. Love you.
I think birthdays should be celebrated. Life is temporary here on earth. And short. So celebrate with those you love when you survive another year.
So, for Meggan's birthday, we had a kid-free weekend in Chicago with friends. It was extremely fun!
We started the weekend off with a birthday dessert at the Trump Terrace (Yes. Dessert before dinner.), which offered some of the most amazing views of Chicago.
After that, we went to dinner at Local 22. (The pic below is from the bathroom.) I had a chicken-wrap and oh man it was delicious. That plus my sweet potato fries made dinner amazing. We considered doing karaoke afterwards, but none of us were brave enough to be the first to go. Especially when we would have to follow this guy that had the crowd eating out of his hand. We talked about dancing after that, but didn't want to wait in the long line outside of Joe's.
Sunday was exciting as we toured downtown. We went to Millennium Park and checked-out
When we got back to the hotel, we played pool basketball against the Schwirtz's and lost to them by 1. And then after that game we played PIG and I beat them all. Which is pretty funny because I am the least athletic and have played that least amount of college basketball out of all of us. For dinner, we went to good ol' Chili's so we could eat 5 baskets of the bottomless chips and salsa plus our dinners.
The weekend was fantastic. Exhausting. And fun. I had such a good time that I was actually pretty sad to get home.
A quick shout-out to all the parents and family that watched all the kids so that we could have a weekend together. Especially to my parents who had to take on my baby girl which included lots of diaper changes plus two rambunctious little girls.
And to Meggan, may this year be truly remarkable and a thousand times more amazing than you ever dreamed it could be. Love you.
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