June 2011 Archive

27Jun
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Annual Domestic Trip #3

It’s pretty well known I enjoy traveling to random foreign places. I love seeing new things and new cultures, and recently have started enjoying new cuisines as well. What I’ve been neglecting is the large majority of the country where I live. To make things right, I’ve started making a point of going sightseeing in one new US city each year. So far I’ve seen New York and Austin. And now we can add Chicago to the list. I’ve been there already (in the dead of winter mind you), but my travel buddy had not. So off to Chicago we went!

First and foremost, I’m so used to taking quick trips within my home state that I’ve gotten too used to packing only basics. One thing I forgot: MY CAMERA. How does one go on a sightseeing adventure without a camera!? Thankfully smartphones are now equipped with pretty decent cameras, so the trip wasn’t ruined. I also bought a Kodak FunSaver, but ended up not using it. LOL memories!

Chicago is totally different when it’s not cold and snowy, and I enjoyed it even more than the first trip. We stayed at a super nice hotel, which always makes traveling that much better. Highlight of the hotel: morning coffee. They brought me a full coffee press! SWEET! On day one we just strolled around the Magnificent Mile. We also indulged in Giordano’s Chicago Pizza. I am not joking when I say that I’ve been craving more of this pizza since the last time I visited Chicago, and it sure didn’t disappoint!

Other highlights of the trip included the Taste of Chicago Food Festival and seeing various museums and the zoo. The Taste of Chicago was absolutely wonderful, and I am proud to say I stuffed my face. Everything was delicious. I don’t feel bad though, considering I walked at least 15 miles over the course of the weekend. Whew! We saw the Field Museum of Natural History, which I hadn’t gone into last trip. It’s really interesting. The museum spent $8.4 million on the purchase of “Sue“, the largest T-Rex ever discovered. I also got to see Buckingham Fountain in all its glory (it obviously wasn’t turned on over the winter), Navy Pier, and took a trip to the top of Willis Tower. Glad I got to see these the second time around!

Here’s some of the highlights in pictures:

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27Jun
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Anthony Weiner, Part II

OK so I’m clearly REALLY late in posting this, but whatever.

A while back I posted a blog about how much I <3 Anthony Weiner. I meant to link it into my Twitter. My overall goal was for Rep. Weiner to follow me back on Twitter. Not the biggest of goals, but I hoped it would happen. However, after I made the post I totally forgot to mention it on Twitter.

Begin Weiner scandal. I hear that some of the people he sent pics to are people who wrote about him in their blogs and/or started direct messaging him through Twitter. I can’t help but think that if I had actually remembered to Tweet my post that I might have been graced with some of these illicit photos. Not that I want to see the man without clothes, but it would have been kind of awesome to be part of that small group. LOL

Anyway, now he’s no longer in congress or on Twitter for my entertainment. I didn’t get pics. I didn’t get a follow back. And all of these combined make me a sad panda.

 

Posted by Caro in Blogging, Politics, Rants and raves
10Jun
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3 Months

OMG I’m getting married in 3 months. SO. MUCH. TO. DO!

I don’t know if I’ve already mentioned this, but we also found out we need to move. And by that I mean we learned of a 12% increase in our rent. Screw that!

The apartment hunt was something I wanted to get over and done with quickly, but that just added stress. In the end I think we picked the right place. I feel comfortable there, it’s not too much of a down grade from the amazing place we have now, and we are saving an incredible amount of money. Oh and we didn’t have to move too terribly far (maybe 5 miles?). Not bad.

And now to focus on the wedding. And packing/picking a moving company. But mostly the wedding. This weekend I hope to have purchased our wedding rings, politely bitch out the caterers, and get some documents done. Within the next two weeks I need to deal with linen rentals, finalize groomsmen attire, start working with the offiiant to create the ceremony (seriously HOW does one fill 15 minutes???), and finalize picture selections for various things that require pictures.

Oh and I’m changing up my work a bit, just to add some complexity to an already overly complex situation. My head very well may explode.

Weeeeeee!

 

Posted by Caro in Life, Things to do, Weddings, Work