Weekend in Chicago
Posted by marshall Thu, 02 Sep 2004 15:38:16 GMT
We spent the last weekend in Chicago celebrating Mom's birthday. She didn't know we were coming. We flew in to O'Hare airport on Saturday evening, Andy and Ingrid picked us up at the airport, and we surprised her at home. I think she enjoyed it. :-)
After church on Sunday, we went to see Andy and Ingrid's land where their house will be built in the coming months; they should be moved in by Christmas. We had some good Chicago-style deep-dish pizza at Giordano's for dinner. On Monday -- Mom's actual birthday -- we slept in and then celebrated at Portillo's/Barnelli's, which has excellent ribs and delicious chocolate cake. We spent Tuesday morning visiting Mom and Dad at Moody, walked over to the Michigan Ave. Apple Store (free parking with the purchase of a computer!), ate at the Moody cafeteria, and then flew out of Midway airport back to California.
Overall, it was a short but very pleasant trip. It was great to see Mom, Dad, Andy, and Ingrid, and there was plenty of time to relax and read or watch TV or whatever. Both Lara and I enjoyed it a lot.
Sadly, I did suffer a loss over the course of the trip. The overzealous security people in the Ontario airport took away my little Victorinox classic style pocketknife that my uncle Dan gave me many years ago. Never mind that the forks and knives in the restaurants inside the airport are far more sharp than my pocketknife was; it obviously was a Threat to National Security. Another reason to fly out of Palm Springs; apart from the more pleasant feel of the airport, they never gave me a problem about my keychain.
