The Windy City

This weekend Justin and I took a little break from all the house projects and disorder and craziness that surrounds them to go celebrate his friend Tracy's 30th birthday in Chicago. We flew out Saturday morning, getting to Chicago in time to enjoy a little sight-seeing before the birthday bash..

We ate Chicago-style deep dish pizza...

We walked and shopped along the Magnificent Mile:

We went to a local favorite, La Scarola, and learned what exactly "escarole" is and how to eat it...along with ravioli, halibut, and spemoni ice cream!

And after dinner, we went to our friend Tracy's 30th birthday roast...two comedians were hired by Tracy's parents to roast their daughter and son in front of 40 of their closest friends...it was hilarious and crude and such a fun time!

Little did we know that the next day, Sunday, we would spend 7 hours in airports - yes, O'Hare AND Midway, trying to get back to Memphis. IN the middle of the morning, a flight was completely canceled, leaving 150+ travelers scrambling for the empty seat in any and all other flights. Needless to say, we were out of luck...so at 5:20pm, Justin and I hopped into a rental car (THANK YOU DAVE ROBERTS) and drive the 8.5 hours home to Memphis.

WHAT A WEEKEND!