1-800-ROCKY-PARTY.
May. 20th, 2009 09:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sechan19Day One:
Got up at 4am to prep and catch the flight to Chicago. Met my boy, Rocky, at O'Hare around 8:30am. Into the city for breakfast (belgian waffles and corned beef hash). Walking tour of Chicago. Free Admission at the Art Institute in commemoration of the opening of the new modern wing (designed by Renzo Piano - who knew he was still alive?). Took a stroll through Millenium Park. Broke for beer at the Park Grill & Bar. Out to Lake Michigan and Lake Shore Drive. Watched the water as the winds rose for evening. Dinner at Giordano's Pizza - ordered a deep dish Chicago-style pie that was bigger than both of us combined. Took 85% of it home for leftovers. Miyazaki marathon: Nausica and Howl's Moving Castle. More beer. More pizza. Went to bed around midnight.
Day Two:
Up around 10. Pizza for breakfast. Headed for the annual NRA (National Restaurant's Association) show for more partying. Free food and beer samples. Met a delightful sake distributor from California, who invited me to join his party in Niigata in March for sake tasting and cultural exchange. Super excited about that. Picked up free samples of Jarritos soda pop for the evening. Stopped off at the Park Grill & Bar again for more beer and conversation. Dinner at Harry Carrey's Tavern in Wrigleyville. Red Wings beat the Blackhawks while the Cardinals beat the Cubs. Sad day for Chicago (unless you were a Sox fan, which we weren't). Had cod Po' Boy sandwiches, a lot more beer, and the fun that only the camaraderie of a sports bar can offer. Back home for more Miyazaki (Spirited Away), more pizza, and more beer. Went to bed sometime after 1am.
Day Three:
Up at 9:30 for a leisurely breakfast (fruit parfait!) and decadent train ride (just kidding) back out to O'Hare for the 1:30 back to New City.
We've totally got to do that again.
Got up at 4am to prep and catch the flight to Chicago. Met my boy, Rocky, at O'Hare around 8:30am. Into the city for breakfast (belgian waffles and corned beef hash). Walking tour of Chicago. Free Admission at the Art Institute in commemoration of the opening of the new modern wing (designed by Renzo Piano - who knew he was still alive?). Took a stroll through Millenium Park. Broke for beer at the Park Grill & Bar. Out to Lake Michigan and Lake Shore Drive. Watched the water as the winds rose for evening. Dinner at Giordano's Pizza - ordered a deep dish Chicago-style pie that was bigger than both of us combined. Took 85% of it home for leftovers. Miyazaki marathon: Nausica and Howl's Moving Castle. More beer. More pizza. Went to bed around midnight.
Day Two:
Up around 10. Pizza for breakfast. Headed for the annual NRA (National Restaurant's Association) show for more partying. Free food and beer samples. Met a delightful sake distributor from California, who invited me to join his party in Niigata in March for sake tasting and cultural exchange. Super excited about that. Picked up free samples of Jarritos soda pop for the evening. Stopped off at the Park Grill & Bar again for more beer and conversation. Dinner at Harry Carrey's Tavern in Wrigleyville. Red Wings beat the Blackhawks while the Cardinals beat the Cubs. Sad day for Chicago (unless you were a Sox fan, which we weren't). Had cod Po' Boy sandwiches, a lot more beer, and the fun that only the camaraderie of a sports bar can offer. Back home for more Miyazaki (Spirited Away), more pizza, and more beer. Went to bed sometime after 1am.
Day Three:
Up at 9:30 for a leisurely breakfast (fruit parfait!) and decadent train ride (just kidding) back out to O'Hare for the 1:30 back to New City.
We've totally got to do that again.
