Monday, August 26, 2024

"Uncle" Larry visits

So last weekend Brother Larry came to visit. His flight was delayed, but luckily we had planned on sushi at home with Lee, Nick & Aarav, so the timing didn't need to be exact. Larry arrived an hour and a half late but we did get a chance to catch up. The next day was perfect weather sunny and mid 70s. We went to Moody's so we could eat outside. 







That night we went to Obelix for dinner...
















The next day we went to Lou Malnati's for pizza lunch  and met Lee & Nick at their place before the five of us went to dinner at The Alcove in Evanston and ate a lovely meal outside. Then we stopped at Jeni's for ice cream on the way home. 





a cocktail from mixologist Nick!













Then Larry left on Sunday- after a brunch of bagels and duck pastrami... he was home by later on Sunday night. This week we have dinners with Mike and with Todd & Evie and then John & Stephanie. It's soon Labor Day and "end of summer" so stay tuned - I am roughly six weeks away from return to Spain. YAY! 

Friday, August 16, 2024

daily life

 So we have been mostly hanging out in the hood since we got back from Oregon (except for the dinner with Todd & Evie at Sepia... Larry is coming soon and Jeremy was in this past week.  We had dinner with him at Oceanique. 

















One night we had Pat's pizza and and another night we went to Don Pedro for Mexican 



After Larry comes - then Angela & Lee are dropping in to see her mom and a baseball game with Phil. We have many plans with friends before and for labor day weekend and more throughout September. Soon it will be time to return home to Sevilla... We are expecting a fair number of visitors this year again... so stay tuned...