This weekend was a whirlwind of excitement starting with Peter surprising me by having our friend Jason arrive on my actual birthday Thursday June 6th. Unfortunately all these plans were made before we knew that this would be Peter's last weekend in town, but it was better this way because otherwise I just would have sat around sulking and crying all weekend, while staring wistfully at Peter's glorious beard.
Thursday we just hung around the house with our friends Jason and Kabir, been seeing a lot of them lately ;-)
Friday Peter came with me to work and we had a magnificent day with the little one. That evening Peter took me to dinner at Store Front Company in Wicker Park. We had a delicious tasting menu with wine pairings to go with. I highly recommend it. The sommelier has an excellent sense of flavor and the chef a great love for edible flowers. As we were leaving the restaurant we heard a marching band playing on the corner and they were drawing a crowd to come up to a loft for their show. We went and it was a wild party with the band dancing and singing very New Orleans style. Lots of good loud cheer type singing where you repeat back what the MC is yelling. I got put in the middle of the stage and played to because it was my "birthday".
Saturday Peter had planned out a full day of surprises. First we road our bikes to Campbell Forrest Preserve which is only about 10 miles from our front door. We biked a little on the trails through the woods and then went swimming at an amazing pool with water slides. Later in the afternoon a few of our friends met up with us and we ate at Glenn's Diner which one of my favorite food show hosts Guy Fieri recommends. It also like Friday's meal did not disappoint. We rounded out the evening by going to a bar with a ping pong table and a pool table two of my favorite games and then a second bar with BIG BUCK HUNTER! That's right people the greatest video game ever invented. My husband knows me very well and did a wonderful job of making my 30th birthday the best ever.
Yesterday we went to Rib Fest in Irving Park and ending up seeing a band from Peter's home town play. We had no idea they were from Regina until half way through the set and then through further investigation we found out that Ian's older brother was teaching at the school where they lead singer was a student. Small world.
Today he left on a plane and I will be quite lonely for the next few weeks.
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