Two weeks ago, Bill and I hopped a plane to my hometown, Chicago.  The trip was mainly to visit my dad, but of course we had to see the Cubs and stuff our faces with pizza.  Our first adventure was to see a taping of the radio show “wait, wait…don’t tell me.”  Bill’s a big fan of the show and we were able to get tickets.  I found it to be very funny and entertaining.

Friday we headed to the Cubs game.  It was not our best trip to Wrigley Field, I’m sad to say.  It was too hot and humid for my Grandma so she wasn’t able to go to the game with us.  It was for the best though, because we had the worst seats I’ve ever had in 35 years of going to that ballpark. The construction of Wrigley Field lends itself to some obstructed view seats.  However, I strongly feel that obstructed view seats should be sold as obstructed view seats.  I paid $36 plus a bunch of taxes and fees and service charges to NOT be able to see the batter.   Ok, I’m exaggerating because I could see the batter by leaning forward and to my right.  It was very comfortable, as I’m sure you can imagine.  So we sat in empty seats to our right until those people showed up.  Then I sat in my seat for about two innings until the people in front of us couldn’t handle the heat anymore and left.  We stayed for the whole game and the Cubs won, but it was only an okay afternoon.

After the game, we picked up my Grandma and met up with all my aunts and uncles and one of my cousins.  It was a nice visit as I haven’t seen them in probably four or five years.  Yeesh…  We caught up over pizza and pop and homemade cupcakes with ice cream.

On Saturday, Bill and I hopped on another plane to St. Paul, MN, to attend the wedding of a friend from college.  It was a beautiful ceremony and reception, held in an old library.  The bride looked stunning and so happy!  They played a slide show and showed a photo of the two of us from college and that made me realize that she and I met 17 years ago!

We actually got to visit a little bit at the reception and of course we met her new husband.  It was a really wonderful evening and I’m so glad that we went.  Bill enjoyed himself too, but it could be that he was riding the high of having had a beer that was “better than Guinness.”

Sunday morning, Bill and I hopped a plane back to Chicago. Dad picked us up at the airport and we headed to the Connie’s for pizza.  Yummy!!  The humidity broke and it was a very pleasant day so our next stop was the lake.  We parked right by Buckingham Fountain and walked in a northerly direction along Lake Michigan.  We skipped Navy Pier, and continued until we found the Milton L. Olive III Park.  It’s a park dedicated to Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Milton L. Olive III.  It was worth the walk as we were rewarded with a beautiful view of the city.

We walked back to the car along Michigan Avenue, stopping at the Blackhawks Store on the way.  We wanted to follow the helicopter that was shooting Transformers III on the river, but we didn’t have enough time on the meter.

We did make time to stop for photos at the bean in Millennium Park.  Despite the pleasant temperatures, we were ready for liquid refreshment and a rest.

Monday, we relaxed and accompanied my dad on a trip to the dentist.  And on Tuesday we headed home.  It was a pretty jam packed visit.