the windy city

Jason and I celebrated our second anniversary with a combo trip to chicago and then to St Louis, where Jason was in our dear friend Robert Scanlon's wedding. We had such a great time! I thought it was going to be rough when I was on the plane and the flight attendent sloshed tomato juice all over me... to which Jason said..."Something stinks".... but, the smell faded when I was within sight of Michigan Avenue. Jason is always in charge of our room and board on trips, and he rented this great condo, 1 block off of the Magnificant Mile. This was his 1st time to Chicago, my 3rd, so we did some touristy stuff. We dined at the famous Gioradanos Pizza, which was just unreal. Jason says it was the best pizza he has ever had... it is a little too much for me. I would much rather have the flat New York Pizza instead, but when in Rome.....
We went to Navy Pier, and to Millenium Park, and ESPN zone to have dinner and play games. Jason beat me at everything except 1 game of air hockey. On Tuesday Night we went to see Wicked- Have you seen it? Incredible. We both LOVED IT. And get this, we sat beside people from Mississippi! He was a youth pastor in a neighboring town to Jason's parents. The world just gets smaller, doesnt it?

On Wednesday night we took the" L" down to Wrigley to see the Cubs play- it was an incredible game; they won in the bottom of the 9th inning. We went crazy when they won. I think this was the highlight of Jason's week.


Thursday was our big shopping day. Neimans, Nordstrom, H & M, then we took a cab over to the Wicker Park area. A friend had tipped me on it, and it has tons of local boutique shopping and dining. Jason bought a t shirt from the TShirt deli that said "More cowbell", and wore it on the plane home. He actually did better than I did with shopping. We got to the airport and his baggage weighted 57.0 pounds and he had to empty it into mine. FYI: jeans weigh approximatley 3 pounds.

Friday morning we were off to the Lou, where Perry and Nicole Walton picked us up at the airport for Robert Scanlon's wedding. Jason and Robert became dear friends their 2nd year of medical school, and Robert was in our wedding too. We did rehearsel dinner that night, wedding at 2 pm pn Sat, party bus around St Louis for pictures until 6:30, dinner and dancing at the reception until 1 and then off to bed sometime aorund 3 am. Whew.

On Sunday we hit the out of town brunch with the bride and groom and then hit the road back to Jackson. We had a GREAT week, but are welcoming some normalcy back into our lives.