we celebrated joe’s birthday with a night at second city, an improv club in chicago known for featuring many comedians who later became more well known, including people like tina fey and steve carrell. it was really fun and impressive to watch the actors up close! we’ll definitely have to go back another day.
before helen and mom left, we had time on the weekend to go the zoo! yes although we are 3-0 not 3, we went with our mommy and had fun looking at the animals. we saw camels eating a snack, beautiful giraffes, a sleeping aardvark and many more. thanks for visiting us! we miss you!
it was a girls’ day out yesterday. we had lunch at the bongo room in the wicker park area. shopping is hard work. our feet hurt. free popsicles on an extremely hot day is the best!
we celebrated our second year anniversary yesterday. it kind of crept up on us and it’s hard to believe how quickly time has passed. onwards to year number three…
we’ve been very busy lately. among other things, joe is taking an intensive introductory arabic course, and i wrote my US family practice board exam today, which kind of put things on hold while studying for it. i’m hoping it will be my last exam for the forseeable future, assuming i pass. happily, my mom read more
Ravinia Festival is an annual concert series that is held in the summer, just north of Chicago. it features many different artists and you can either buy a more expensive concert ticket, or cheaper lawn tickets where you can sit back and picnic while listening to the music. we had lawn tickets to go see read more
this july 4th weekend was asher’s 3rd birthday. sadly it was also a goodbye party for asher and his parents as they leave chicago. we had a good time with hotdogs, icecream and cake, as well as playing with bubbles and the sandbox. the kids quickly found multiple ways of enjoying the birthday hats; unicorns, read more
as part of my birthday celebration, we spent the afternoon at ‘taste of chicago’ in downtown. with food tickets in hand, we visited the different booths and tasted a few things. we were also excited to see stevie wonder perform…although when i say “see”, i mean we saw him on a jumbo-tron from a distance. read more
thank you to all who sent me birthday wishes . i was surprised to receive a beautiful bouquet of flowers from mommy and daddy l. it was really big.
despite having busy schedules lately, we found time to hang out a bit with mike before he leaves chicago and heads off to santa monica boulevard . at lula cafe, we had brunch eventhough it was already a late lunch. how could i pass up the chance to have buttermilk pancakes with figs, almonds, candied read more