Fun Times with Old Friends

Yesterday, two of my great friends from back in my college days left after 4 days of visiting Chicago. We had such a great time exploring Chicago, eating at several Chicago favorites, and walking down memory lane from back in day when we were a little younger and crazier :) They arrived on Friday afternoon and we hit up the town for a little dinner and Chicago walking in the beautiful weather. Saturday, I surprised Kristi with tickets to The Oprah Winfrey Show. After telling her that we were actually in line for just a little museum display of a bunch of Oprah's things, I had her "going" up until we were walking through security before I had to tell her we were actually going to the show. Although the show subject itself was a little boring, the experience and spending the time together was really great. It airs on April 15th, so we get to see if we get our 15 seconds of fame. After the show we went to dinner at a great "hole-in-the-wall" resturant and had amazing crab legs for cheap. Sari filled us in on the little secret place in a below ground space with wobbly tables and Pabst on tap :) Definitely not your typical swanky seafood joint....more like a small town local bar feel. Just like home for us :)

Sunday we went to church and had brunch at my store before I had to work and the last horrah was on Monday night when we went to dinner and then drinks at the top of the Hancock building. There is an amazing view of the city up there. It was so great to have some familiar faces, close relationships, many laughs and genuine love around again. Monday night we got a few hours of sleeps before I brought them to the train for the airport early the next morning. Then it was back to work. Tuesday was a very long day at work especially with minimal sleep and I was so exhausted but my friend Jamie drug me to the Lincoln Hall to go to a concert. I was really glad she did though cause the band was really great and the venue was super cool. Any one should check out Low Anthem...they are amazing musicians. Not much exciting coming up the next week or so....until then.