Saturday, February 25

I really enjoy sleeping in. So that's what I did on Saturday morning...slept until around 1:00 in the afternoon. I know it's sleeping the day away, and that it really messes up your sleep schedule, but my life seems in place when I get an over abundance of sleep. I woke up and wanted to go for a run and then get on with the day. Chad and I decided not to go for a run...that we'd do it later, so we both showered and were eventually out of the apartment to go sight-seeing at 3pm. I showed him where I work, the Sears Tower, and the Chicago Public Library. We were searching around there for at least 45 minutes for a book and ended up getting frustrated and leaving. We found a cute little cafe on Michigan Ave called the Artist's Cafe and at the best bruchetta (sp?) I've ever had. Very full of flavors! Then, after coffee, Chad and I walked up Michigan Ave a bit more, decided it was too cold, and the went back to the apartment for what we thought would be a 20 minute run!

Now, every Saturday night at 6:30 there are fireworks in the city. I can't remember where exactly, and I couldn't remember this Saturday night either. I just know the general area...not any street names or anything. So Chad and I went running down LakeShore Drive..by the lake, trying to find those fireworks. We heard them and missed them, so we just decided to run down to Navy Pier instead. Wow, it was icy and wavy out there! Kind of scary and mysterious. A big dark mass of water.

We dodged a few waves on our run and had to walk through some icy spots, but we made it down to Navy Pier. What an awesome nightlife place! There was some kind of wedding reception or awards celebration going on in one of the Navy Pier rooms and also music playing on speakers around the pier...if you could hear it over the wind. One cafe caught my eye because of the LIVE music inside (a band playing) and the servers were wearing shorts, so it must have been hot in there! It looked inviting! (So someday soon I'll take up that invitation!)

Chad and I didn't want to run against the wind on the way back to the apartment, so we ran through the city...up Michigan Ave and Rush street. We saw a few limos on Michigan Ave and saw the Ritzy shopping places and dodged through people as we ran up. It was chilly, and I'm sure a few people thought we were crazy for a) running at that time of night, b) running down Michigan Ave, c) not wearing enough clothes, and d) running in the wind and cold!
We took a little stop in the Hershey chocolate shoppe (and what a mouth watering scent in there! Mmmmm!) and basically jogged slowly up the streets.

We got to the apartment, stretched, and Chad started making his infamous spaghetti! He makes a mean spaghetti sauce and uses every sense except taste to ensure the right spices and flavors! SO Good! I finished laundry as he showered and we ate after my shower and then put on a movie, Chocolat. We figured out a way to not have to unplug and move my computer and speakers, but point it in a different direction so that we can pull out the couch and still have a good view and good sound. That was pretty much our night. We both ended up going to bed around 1:00 or 1:30am, after our hour-long run we were tired!