Best Middle of the Week Trip

For a while I didn't feel like I had anything to post about, now suddenly I have too much to post about (with only more things on the way). So let me get started with this little adventure...

Last week I went home to Chicago for about 2 1/2 days for checkups with my doctors. During that time I had three Mexican food meals, a pizza meal, and a butter burger meal. Certain things about Chicago are just set in stone, I suppose.

Photographic evidence:

Tuesday night: Ino's tacos (and a tostada, not pictured)


Wednesday afternoon: Las Fuentes lunch with Mom, no pictures. But if you haven't seen pictures of Las Fuentes, then you haven't been reading my blog for long (or very closely)

Wednesday night: pizza on the back porch, no pictures.

Thursday lunch: Another butter burger form Culvers. Mmmm.


Thursday dinner: One more trip to Las Fuentes. So that they know us better there.


And then my Mom and Dad dropped me off at the airport so I could get back to New York to leave it the next morning on another adventure (which I don't know if I'll be able to post about before tomorrow's adventure that I'm going on)

Best Additional Coverage

Did you know that, when we went to see the Kaiser Chiefs, Greg rocked so hard that he barfed?


I wasn't going to post this picture until I saw that Greg was using it as his facebook profile picture.

Best Pair of Mexican Meals

Let me teach you about two great Mexican meals I've had in Chicago.

First, Saturday the family went to Las Fuentes. This was my second trip to Las Fuentes during my visit to Chicago. That's how beloved Las Fuentes is to us.

Greg and Emily.


Mom and Dad.


Some taquitos.


The nachos I dream of from New York.


The salsa that is king.


Pollo al Chipotle.


Then on Monday Mom and I visited Tio Luis, which the Chicago Tribune declared the home to the top tacos in Chicago. Best? Honestly, who knows. But definitely very good.



Mom.


Me (look how happy tacos make me! look how happy tacos ALWAYS make me!)


When the tacos came out, I felt that perhaps I had over-ordered.


We also had a gordita.


Truest words.

Best Brit-Poppin', Take Two

Friday night, Chicago. I catch my second Kaiser Chiefs concert in eight days.

The Venue: The Vic Theatre, where I saw my first concert (Cyclone Temple/New Bomb Turks/Mighty Mighty Bosstones) some thirteen or fourteen years ago (suddenly I can't remember if I was a junior or a senior.) Also, I hadn't been to the Vic since '95. Not much had changed.


The Company: Karlyn, my brother Greg, and Sarah (I'm deciding that she gets an 'h'). I don't know what happened to Greg's eyes here.


The First Opening Band: The Little Ones from Los Angeles. Honestly, not bad. I bet their records are good. Although I thought I had never heard of the Little Ones, I recogneized the last song they played ("Lovers Who Uncover") and later discoverd it in my iTunes library. I cannot explain this.


The Second Opening Band: The Walkmen. Kind of a score as far as opening bands go, as the Walkmen could probably headline a show at the Vic. My concertmates found them boring, I found them to be fine, enjoyable even (when they played songs I knew). However, once I saw the Walkmen at Webster Hall and they played 3 encores and it was not my favorite show. I much prefer an opening-slot sized set by these guys.


And then it was time for the Kaiser Chiefs, who were great fun, as usual. And since the Vic is much smaller than the Roseland and since we got there a lot earlier than last week, my pictures are a lot more middle-of-the-action than last time.






Peanut.


Look how hard Greg was rocking out! He looks like a hooligan!




Oh no, where's Ricky headed now?


Oh, just out to stand on the crowd, that's all.



So, yes. Another grand Kaiser Chiefs performance.

Best Chicago, So Far

Here's stuff that has happened so far since I've come home to Chicago.

I ate enchiladas at Las Fuentes for lunch on Thursday.



Thursday evening, downtown, I ran into an R2D2 mailbox.



Thursday night I got my parents to play Wii. Here's Dad beating up Greg.


Friday afternoon, after renewing my driver's license, Mom took me to a place called Culver's for butter burgers. I think she was trying to kill me.



Here's Mom and her concrete.


So that's some Chicago stuff, so far.

Best Crazy News

So, a coyote wanders into a downtown Chicago Quiznos and takes a seat in the drink cooler?

The Story.

Best Picture from Home

My Mom sent me this picture and I thought I'd share it.


Our cat has become very aggressive about getting fed in his old age. He's always going after Greg's lucky charms.