Friday, we celebrated Mike's birthday with dinner at our house on Friday night. Will cooked an amazing spread, including pork schnitzel with dill sauce, German carrots and sweet potato and apple casserole. I made a mediocre chocolate cake with white frosting. It was nice to break out all of our new Fiesta ware and cooking/baking supplies and put them to good use. Mike and his father, Grandpa Bill, share their birthday on Nov. 13, while my dad's is on Nov. 15. Happy November Birthdays, Dads!
Saturday, I caught up with some high school friends for a girls' night out in Chicago. We went to a great loung-y restaurant called The Bar Celona in Wrigleyville.. They have amazingly inexpensive food and sangria specials. Needless to say, Mel and I have been before. After dinner, we caught a cab to the Hancock and had martinis on the 95th in the lounge. Following cocktails, we headed to the Second City. Surprisingly, Kirsten's second cousin is one of the comediennes! It was hilarious and really cool to be in a place that is such an intrinsic part of comedy in the past 30 years. Thanks to Mel for putting our evening together!
Kirsten Aslaksen, Rachel Ford, Lori Kasarsky and Photographer Melanie Beinlich at the Second City and the view from the ladies room at the Hancock.
Really, I was pretty sick by Saturday night, and its only gotten worse. I took Monday off from work to lay on the couch and now Will has The Sickness. Battling the germies is pretty much consuming our lives this week.
I've finally finished uploading photos to Facebook and Myspace. I'm sure seeing wedding photos has become completely obnoxious to everyone else, but I don't think I'll ever get tired of going through them. However, I am becoming more selective, as it has been time consuming. One of my favorites for fun:
..AND Will with no beard. He grew it back and he no longer startles me when rounding the corner.