My Trip to Chicago

My friend Nauder moved to Chicago almost 2 years ago and I have been trying to make plans to go and see him for a while now. So finally, he asked if I wanted to come up on Friday the 27th and I said I am there! I got up and left the house around 10am and after fighting traffic once I got to the city, I got there around 1pm. Nauder met me in front of the parking garage, jumped in and rode with me up to park the car. We got out and walked to a restaurant named O'Briens. We walked in and there she sat...Debbie! Debbie was my roommate and best friend when I first moved to Atlanta and when I moved out, we lost touch. It has probably been 5 years since I had seen her and it was so great to be able to hang out with her again! She was shocked to see me and it took her a few minutes to realize I was there and I couldn't believe I was seeing her either!

Debbie after the shock wore off!

Me cheesin as usual!

Nauder

In the cab ride to go bowling

Picking out our shoes

Nauder doing his happy dance???

Debbie laughing at him

Looking for the right ball

I tried to get a good picture, but Nauder kept looking away...

....then he did this!

Let's see your bowling moves!

Me and Nauder

Debbie and Nauder

Nauder being silly...

Me and Deb

Nauder wanted a picture of the score...yes, I sucked!!!

Nauder and Debbie

Going to Nauder's apartment

Debbie with Elvis

Look how sweet...Elvis curled up! I think he knew we were leaving him...

Getting a cab to go to dinner...

Debbie being shy at the bar

We ate ate Giordino's - this was our pie, they call it stuffed pizza!

Our waitress serving us up a slice!

Nauder, Debbie and Me after enjoying our dinner...

Cab ride fun again!

Saturday morning farmer's market in Lincoln Park

Elvis waiting on his treat!

We went to Soldier Field...Nauder played with a helmet!

This is the fountain that is in Married with Children!

We walked through Oz Park and had a picture with each character!

Tin Man

Which way do we go Scarecrow?

Nauder coming out of the Porta Potty!

We're clicking our heels with Dorothy and Toto

Grrrrr Cowardly Lion

Put em up, Put em up!

Then we went to the a festival on Lincoln Ave

We ran into Abraham Lincoln!

Debbie got a hole in 1 and won a scratch off ticket...she won $20 !

She was teasing Nauder cause he missed...I did too!

Then it was time for me to go...Elvis was gonna walk me to my car!

Nauder carried my suitcase and Debbie had Elvis!

It was so humid and hot, you couldn't see the tops of the buildings, this is on my ride home!