Beginning of Summer Trip
Well, I arrived in Chicago Saturday afternoon with Marlyn and got picked up from the airport from my friend Anna and her boyfriend. The plan was to go to Frontera Grill in downtown Chicago as Marlyn and I had been wanting to go to any of Rick Bayless‘ restaurants for quite some time. They’ve started to replay Mexico: One Plate at a Time again on PBS and since I’ve gotten his cookbook I’ve become a sort of Mexican Food Connoisseur.
The food prices weren’t that bad, at least considering what Marlyn and I are used to paying in the DC Metro Area. Probably the thing that stood out the most to me was their home-made tortillas; I could tell the difference instantly and it makes me want to get some fresh Masa and make some myself!
Marlyn and I didn’t get into Aurora until 10 pm at night and on Sunday she got to meet the extended part of my family. I was a little nervous as there is a big disconnect between the personalities but I am happy everything went off without a hitch.
On Monday, we went up to the Geneva Commons Shopping Mall and Marlyn was able to get as much shopping as possible out of her veins with me there. She likes to complain about how I never go with her to pick out cloths so I was able to earn some brownie points there; hopefully I wont have to go back to Anthropology for quite some time!
I’m writing this now as she just left for the airport and I’m going to Ach-n-Lou’s Pizza with Mickey and Kiyoshi tonight; I don’t know how that pizza place is going to be I remember going there many, many years ago and I thought it was OK.
I leave for my dad’s on Thursday and then fly out to Vegas on Sunday which I should have more updates then.