Rob and I spent Saturday and Sunday in Chicago with my best friend, Jill, and her husband, Josh. They just bought a beautiful condo in Bucktown, so we were some of their first visitors!
On Saturday, we went to the Adler Planetarium for a viewing of
Cosmic Collisions. The theater was unique because the viewing screen was the rounded ceiling, which was an awesome view of outer space. However, the most memorable part was the jack a$$ sitting in our row.
Before the show started, one of the Adler managers informed the guests that the show was sold out. In order to make more seats available, they asked us to politely move toward the center of our row and not leave any empty seats next to us. The four of us were seated on the aisle, so we looked down our row at a stubborn man unwilling to move over three seats to the middle. Keep in mind, had he moved over three seats, his view of the show would not have changed, and it would prevent other guests from walking over us and him to get to the empty seats. The ushers came around just before the show started, and after about eight attempts, the usher successfully got this man's attention.
Usher: Sir, would you mind moving over so that other guests will not need to climb over you?"
Jack A$$: Yes, I
would mind actually. I was here first.
It is this type of person that does not improve our society whatsoever. I feel sorry for his wife (why does she put up with this?) and his son, who has such a terrible example for a father.
Saturday night we ate one of the best meals of my life at
Cafe Ba Ba Reeba. This is one of Jill and Josh's favorite restaurants, and I totally see why. We ate a variety of tapas, my favorites included the beef tenderloin and blue cheese, braised lamb, mushrooms stuffed with goat cheese, and spicy potatoes. Mmmm! Since all of us watched the most recent season of Top Chef, we did our impersonations of the judges and critiqued each dish. We were clearly lying when we had any criticisms!
We finished off the night with a round of
Battle of the Sexes at the Mahrt's condo. We put up a fight, but the boys ended up victorious. We were all in agreeance that the questions for the females were more difficult than the questions for the males. It was hilarious to listen to Josh and Rob talk through which cup size is bigger, A, AA, or AAA. It was even funnier that Rob knew several answers about musicals. Trust me, you always want him on your team for trivia games!
We drove through a wind storm and thunderstorm on our way back, and had to pull over at the Rantoul Wal-Mart for safety. The Wal-Mart employees kept us back in the dairy section, which is apparently the safest part of the store. I was just thankful to
not be driving as the storm went through.
We came home to our house, under construction. We're moved upstairs, again, for a few weeks until our basement is taken care of. Worst part is how it is about eight degrees warmer upstairs than in our master bedroom downstairs.
And, on a postive note,
our hot tub should be up and running in about two weeks!
