Big news, and the reason I haven't been posting lately, is because all of my free time has been devoted to house hunting and now house business. YES Peter and I are in process of buying a house. Tomorrow is the inspection and the attorney review should be done by the end of the week. The closing date is not till the end of March so it will be a long two months for us. I do have some photos but unfortunately it is illegal for me to post them on the internet without direct permission from the owners so I will just ad a link to the property listing online. That might disappear some time soon though.
http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/3428-W-Beach-Ave-60651/home/13285603
The one thing we have done recently that isn't house related was this weekend at Navy Pier an event called Snow Days Chicago was held. It was a snow sculpting competition with 15 adult teams and around 12 student teams participating.
The above photo is the winning sculpture. It is impressive but there were some that were even more amazing. There was a Batman Vs. Jaws that was pretty stellar and my personal favorite was titled Feast or Famine and was a bear and eagle hunting salmon along a river. Crazily enough there were sculpture teams from all over the world. The furthest team came from Czech Republic and oddly enough Mexico City has a snow sculpting team. I imagine it's pretty hard to find snow there.
This city just keeps on getting better the longer that I live here and soon I'll be putting down permanent roots. From that girl who has moved 20 times in 10 years that seems crazy scary but also riveting.
I remember the last time it snowed in Mexico City. It was January 12th, 1967. I was about to turn 10 years old and I begged my Mother that we please move some place it snows. I begged to move to Mexico City. My pleas were ignored.
ReplyDeleteNow all these years later your blog post brings back the bitter memories that again I am stuck in Lufkin with the Mexico City Blues.