Another Weekend in Chicago

Well, the weekend was bound to be a good time with the shows, it was just a matter of how good of a time we had.  I like to think that we had a great time in the city, but it can really wear down on a person.  On Friday, we decided to pregame for the show at 2.  However, we were still in Wheaton and the show didn't start until 7.  We hung out with Anderson, he had finished flight instructing early and had some beers while playing asshole.  Stev and I then ran to the 4:54 train and made it just in time.  On the train I finally got to try one of those Joose things, not too bad, I can see why all the housemates liked them.  We then stopped at my sister's apartment and got the extra key and had a chat.  We finally got to the show around 8:15, but we only missed Jason Mraz, which we decided we were cool with when we decided to take the later train.  The first night was good but no completely unexpected songs, although they their Talking Heads "Burning Down the House" cover, which I've always liked.

After the show, Stev and I made our way through the thick crowds to John Barleycorn, a place we went earlier in the Summer (can't believe that was this Summer, seems like forever ago), with Cassie and a couple of my Wheaton buddies.  The place was packed and the dance floor was a bit overwhelming, as expressed by Stev's face:

drinks cost a ton and we decided to leave for Duffey's.  The walk to Duffey's is soberingly long though and by the time we got there all I did was use the bathroom and say hi to the bartender.  It was actually pretty late at this point and we headed back to my sister's to sleep.

On saturday, we woke up to gray skies and fairly heavy rain.  We were starving so Steph gave us a rainbow umbrella to use.  A rainbow umbrella in the heart of Boys' Town Chicago for 2 guys, I'm sure people got ideas about us.  But hey, our server at the Melrose St Diner was quite friendly.  After lunch, we trekked southward back to Duffey's to watch Michigan irk by UMass.  It wasn't pretty, but we won.  It's always a good thing when a team can find their own faults and still win the game.

We headed back to my sister's to get some R&R before going back to Duffey's for free bud lights.  Now, we wanted to be at Wrigley, a 30 min walk, by 8:30, but the free beer only went from 6:30 til 8:30.  So we drank at a good pace for about an hour and a half then made our way to Wrigley.  The second night was definitely better concert-wise, Stev got his Crash and I got my Last Stop.  We met up with Squires for a little but her phone died so we didn't hang out afterwards.

After the show, we went back to my sister's to enjoy a flask of McKormick's mixed with soda of our own choice, then we headed back to Duffey's.  Thinking about it, we were at Duffey's on three separate occasions that day, impressive.  After Duffey's we went to a bar also on Diversey, cannot remember the name, and we were there until about 3:30.  It was a late night....

Sunday morning we made the "longest walk of shame" home.  We sat in the basement the rest of the day and recovered from all the walking and drinking.

Today was a similar thing, we chilled, had lunch and dinner, went for a bike ride through Northside park and my high school, where there was women's flag football going on...oddly.  Then we went home watched the Saints' game and Smashed.  Good times.

Work at Shane's all day tomorrow, gotta make that money, til Chris gets us our security deposits back at least...idiot...

Now it's time to catch up on all the thoughts of a receptionist I have missed

Chin