Back from Chicago
I must say we are lucky to have some of our closest friends in such a great city. It was Tom's first time to Chicago and my second. Needless to say, we had a great time. We left on Thursday morning after pulling an all nighter. Tom needed to finish some freelance and I had to make myself a new top and of course a matching outfit for Luke for our trip. Our plane was delayed about 3 hours which made traveling with Luke a bit harder than I hoped. He woke up just as the plane was ready to take off. But it wasn't too bad. I do recommend asking ahead of time if there might be an extra seat. We were able to bring the car seat on board which relieved us from holding a squirming baby for 3 + hours. Overall, it could have been worse. We got in around 3:30 and arrived at the Chilton's around 4:30. For those of you that don't know the Chilton's, Carrie and I went to Rick's college together, and then roomed together at BYU. She has been one of my closest friends since. Luckily she married a pretty rad dude named Todd, and he gets along with Tom quite nicely I would say. They also have an adorable daughter named Stella, who referred to Luke as Coco the entire trip.
We took it easy that night, had some middle eastern yummy food and just relaxed. Tom and I were pretty waisted from the night before. The next day Carrie and I hung around their neighborhood while Tom and Todd visited the Chicago art show. I must say Chicago seems pretty charming. Low key, cute shops, nice restaurants, parking, trees, even the city is clean and not too big. I quickly began to wonder why we chose New York over Chicago.
Saturday we headed to the heart of the city, visiting the MCA and a very tasty deep dish Chicago pizza restaurant. Unfortunately we didn't take many photos.
Our only group shot, minus Tom. This is in front of the MCA. Too bad I am the only one looking at the camera.
I really like this photo. For one we got in trouble just after we took
it, but I really love the orange and green contrast with the babies.
Sunday was probably my favorite day. We made breakfast and went to a bit of church. Always thrilling.
Carrie made a yummy dinner and dessert, was, well amazing. Croissant bread
pudding, anything with custard, is a hit with me. That night we had
Carrie and Todd's current friends and my college friends over for the
name game. Daniel and Michelle, Josh and Mo, Mary and Jason, Kim, all I
must say play a mean game. I think I almost peed my pants I laughed so
hard at some points. I wish sometimes I could have all of our friends
live within 2 blocks of us. Wouldn't that be ideal? I miss them all.
Thank
you Todd, Carrie, and Stella for having us. Oh how I wish we could
hang out all the time. Sew, surf ebay, shop, talk ghetto talk, cook,
quote 80's sitcoms, the list goes on. Someday we might live by each
other, until then we have our trip to Chicago.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at 8:00AM
Reader Comments (2)
Looks like you had a great time. I have never visited Chicago, but I've always wanted to.
You look great, Alysha, in that group picture!
We had so much fun too! You know we would go to Milk and Honey and shop at Penelope's everyday if you lived here. You know, when we both have lots of money. You forgot to mention that while you were here you made me a Built by Wendy shirt that is my fave!!! Hello! ps- I just ate some hummus today and it was delish. Thanks friend.