This weekend we went to Chicago for a visit. Thursday we went to see the
Chicago Symphony perform some awful German music. Saturday we saw my beloved Michigan State Spartans defeat the Northwestern Wildcats 41-38. Just when I want them to lose they go out and win. It never ends does it?
We stayed at
Hotel 71, which bills itself as a modern hotel in terms of decor.
This is our room at Hotel 71
Notice the television in the bathroom. The shower was a dream but I say nothing, nothing at all.
We went for a stroll on Michigan Ave. and this was one of the lovely pictures we took.
More pics from our lovely Thursday stroll.
On Thursday we dined at a lovely little French place called
Brasserie Jo. We both enjoyed French Onion Soup, I had roast pork with swiss chard and rosemary roasted potatos, Janna dined on homemade pasta with wild mushrooms in a bechamel sauce.
We enjoyed a nice nighttime stroll to the Symphony Hall.
Friday greeted us with a lovely blue sky and with this blue sky we decided to go for a walk and take more pictures, this one of the Wrigley Building.
More random pictures...
A nice view of the Chicago River.
For Lunch we ate at
Pizzeria Due. I enjoyed a lovely sausage pizza while Janna munched on a pesto with four cheese pizza.
After an afternoon of shopping we headed over to the John Hancock Building.
While at the Hancock Building we had drinks at the
Signature Room on the 96th floor. For those of you who haven't been up there before I strongly encourage you to do so.
After drinks at the Signature Room we headed to the real purpose of the evening,
Morton's. Here we dined on many lovely things including smoked salmon. For dinner, Janna and I split the double porterhouse cooked a perfect medium rare. It was 48oz's of pure joy. With dinner, Janna had asparagus which she will tell you was quite good, I had potato skins which were quite tasty. For desert, we split a hot chocolate cake which was the perfect ending to a lovely meal.
Saturday we headed over to Ryan Field to watch the football game. MSU was down 38-3 in the second half.
Only to come back and win 41-38. Just when you think John L. Smith is going to be fired they pull off a victory. I want to vomit all over the place.
Life on Union Ave 2 is going well. The family is gearing up for GOP victory next Tuesday. We also look forward to John L. Smith's firing in November as well as an entire winter's worth of hockey. Most importantly, our pride and joy is almost three years old. Isn't that exciting?
Seamus is always ready to greet me when I get home from the office. Seamus loves his Daddy.
Every evening I come home to my lovely wife who has been chained to the stove all day. Tis a shame she hasn't had anything to do since I won't allow her to cook.
Seamus is always excited to spend time with his Daddy. Notice how he sits for Daddy.
Seamus is always very excited to have his dinner. This evening his dinner is served Parisian style.
After dinner Seamus likes to patrol the back yard and protect the compound from criminals and small rodents.
What's that? Does Seamus see a rodent? He's very excited about protecting his Daddy from the evil rodents.
Such a good boy he is, Seamus chases all of the evil rodents away. Daddy is safe and all is well here on Union Ave 2.
