my wonderful friends at HPAC threw me a baby shower last weekend. i felt very blessed to be able to spend time with them, especially during my last week here in chicago. thank you for all the gifts and adorable outfits… this baby is already getting spoiled. thanks especially to the hostesses lisa and shawna!
my parents are in chicago this week to help us out with the move back to vancouver. we took a break with a nice father’s day brunch at sola, one of our favorite restaurants. my aunt kathleen was also able to drive up from indiana and spend the day with us.
In a continuing effort to broaden everyone’s cultural horizons, here is a video of a guy beatboxing the original super mario bros. theme. Enjoy.
last week i went to a free She & Him concert at millennium park with debra and sarah… together with thousands of other like-minded 20-30-something year olds. admittedly, i haven’t followed the band’s music in the past, but i like zoe deschanel (‘Elf’, ’500 Days of Summer’). our plan for finding a nice grassy spot read more
joe officiated the ceremony for todd and trilisa, and we had a great time celebrating together with old friends we know and have known from chicago. me and jana, fellow pregnant ladies. at the reception, annalise caught the bouquet!
last weekend we drove to jackson, MI to attend Todd and Trilisa’s wedding. on our way there, we stopped at a diner on the side of the highway for lunch… the “Waffle House of America”. in jackson, we stayed at Hankerd Inn, a cute bed & breakfast which was conveniently located only a few minutes read more
as our time in chicago is (too quickly!) coming to an end, i find it delightful to still come across things i haven’t seen before. i had the opportunity to spend the day in downtown while waiting for our car to be serviced. well okay, first one is not a particularly delightful sight: even the read more
huge piece of carrot cake which we had for dessert at “Mellow Yellow”, a local Hyde Park diner. it was so delicious… i wish we had discovered it earlier.
i was helping a friend babysit for a couple of hours on campus this week. it was a such a beautiful day, i couldn’t help taking some pics of the lovely surroundings. mr. turtle at the goldfish pond. pretty flowers. the quandrangle.
tulips are out in force on michigan avenue. in front of the water tower.