Chicago Part II

This is a week in the making, but here it is...

Sunday:

Dinner was a lovely meal at Andalous. We all ate too much, but it was very good. Sister had the Chef's Chicken (the sauce was very, very good). Cousin R had the Andalous tagine and I had the Vegetarian Pastilla, which was really great. We rolled ourselves out of there for martinis at the Kit-Kat Lounge, a bar in Cousin R's neighborhood. They have martini specials on Sundays, so we each got one (their list is extensive...it was difficult to choose!). I can't remember what everyone got, but I got the Chocolate Raspberry Truffle martini which was really wonderful. We had talked about going to a blues club, but we were all tired and very full so we went home.

Monday:

Our last day! We had bagels to go at a local "NY diner" which were OK by non-NY standards. Sister and I spent the day at the Art Institute and seeing the Bean before meeting up with Cousin R for lunch at Whole Foods (we were all over big, heavy meals and their salad bar is pretty exciting) before heading off to the airport. Dinner was on the plane - a purchased Potbelly sandwich. Not terrible, but not the best thing ever. I'm a subway girl.

Well, seeing as the festival of matzah has ended and I am back to work, I can resume my regular posting schedule. You see, I was at my home in a suburb with my family for the week, enjoying a fully stocked kitchen ready for passover and leftovers. So I had a choice:

Spend time in the computer room (my laptop is old, heavy and slow) reading my celeb gossip columns, other blogs, about my friends, and posting here

OR

Sit in our large, comfy chair and watch TV with DVR capabilities and reruns from my childhood.

I chose TV. Because I love TV. So I curled up on the chair (at one point, my dad asked if I had moved all night. I hadn't.), had a clicker in my hand and watched It was fantastic. I saw half of one of my favorite movies from High School, 2 Iron Chefs, DVRed some Gilmore Girls, watched a new favorite show, and enjoyed not moving at all.

I did take a "day trip" with my parents to see a Broadway show. The best part: hunching over in a busy starbucks, eating matzah sandwiches. Mmm...passover...But then I came home and watched TV.