chicago-back

I'm back from our long weekend in Chicago...actually I was back last night but didn't feel like posting about it until just now...We arrived in the middle of the day at O'Hare Airport, the busiest airport in the world...and of course it lived up to that as our plane didn't depart for 30 mins because of an FAA-mandated delay (boo!)...our hotel was pretty awesome but they screwed up my special surprise for the wife...we were to arrive and find a bottle of champagne (not the $9.99 Korbel stuff that I like mind you! haha) and some chocolate-covered strawberries (yes, just like Pretty Woman, I know I just lost 1,000 metal points for that)...but unfortunately they didn't charge my credit card correctly or something so I was called by the front desk and asked to come down and pay cash to the delivery dude...so that ruined the surprise portion...then they brought up the bubbly without the strawberries (fuckers) so that kind of sucked but the wife promised me that it was intent rather than deliver that mattered or whatever...after several blocks of walking about and getting a gander at the city we went to Gino's East Pizza which promised to be Chicago's top pizza joint...and boy did it deliver...we ordered a medium (was only six slices but they were HUGE) cheese pizza and were told that it would take a staggering 40 minutes to cook...so we sat back and talked and drank a couple of beers...the place had people's scrawlings all over it sort of like that Spanky's restaurant near JMU that had the same thing...funny and different artwork adorned the walls (check out Miss Piggy as the Mona Lisa!)...we went back and drank our champagne and went to sleep...On Saturday we went to Millennium Park which was fantastic and so intriguing as it's set near Lake Michigan and surrounded by fascinating architectural achievements downtown...nearby we walked to Grant Park...then we walked on over to Michigan Ave and did some shopping...boy am I blown away by the crazy shit that women buy...all these wacky (and in my opinion ugly) clothes and bags and whatnot but hey that's why I swing a bat with my two balls right? and that's also why I wear $5-10 pants...then we headed to the Navy Pier (yeah a Navy setup in the Great Lakes? weird I know) and it started to rain...then it poured...and we were about 2 miles from our hotel (maybe it was less but it was a LOT of walking)...so we headed back...and it continued to rain...I was soaked, the wife was soaked...that was fun but it was pretty ridiculous...later we went to a pub when the weather cleared up and chatted for a while...still later we headed to a sports pub where we caught the Red Sox playing the White Sox and found the locals to be quite friendly even though we were rooting for the wrong team...the bar owner was there and was quite friendly (as were all chicagoans)...speaking of the natives we could easily tell who was a tourist...we just looked at their waist line...and speaking of waist lines, I was witness to the longest ass crack in the world...seriously this girl who was walking with either her dad or her lover (it's not allowed to be a boyfriend or husband when you have a butt crack that dangerous to society!)...her pants were drooping as they do these days and rather than a big thong (with Turd Blossom embroidered on it) hanging out, it was just an anus trail...seriously the longest one ever because her pants weren't hanging THAT far down...it was nasty and I never want to see that again but she should have been awarded a medal...the next day we flew back and weren't handed the crappy taxi ride that we got coming in, this one only last about 10 mins or so was much much cheaper...of course our flight was delayed on the tarmac by a cool half hour but it was a smooth and safe ride back--we even saw our part of I66 from above on the descent...very neat

today found us going to the old Best Buy and finally doing what we wanted to do once both of our cars were paid off (and before we have kids!), that is to buy a big ass television...we got a Samsung 56" DLP TV...whoohooo! it gets delivered Weds and boy if I can't wait...it wasn't that bad of a deal and we got to get it interest-free for two years so we should have it paid off in a few months if we pay $200 / month on it...

also before we left we found out one of the wife's bridesmaids got engaged in Hawaii no less...memo to dudes: stop being romantic it only means you have to top yourself later plus it makes it hard on other dudes...fuckers!

pictures from the trip to come soon...hopefully work won't be too crazy for me this week, I'm still on vacation mode...