Layover in Chicago
I was only in the chicagoland area from May 20 to June1, and fortunately I had a lot of things to do to keep me busy. When I arrived into town Mihir (my bro) was already in town for the wedding that was to take place the next day. And Dave, on his sabbatical was due to head into town that weekend also. Btw - you should check out Dave's sabbatical weblog to see what happened on his trip.
On May 21 the whole family went to the first of the two May weddings, this one between Neal and Susan. The reception was held at the Rosemont Convention Center, and there were over 1600 guests! I probably knew about 100 or so of the over 1600 people there. It was quite the experience.
Family all dressed up at Neal's reception
Dave was in town that day also, and Mihir, Dave and I went to see Armin Van Buuren at Vision later that night. Dave has comments on that night in his blog, so I wont rehash them. Between the reception and Vision it was a fun night.
Mihir left back for Portland on Monday, Dave stayed in chi-town for a few more days. I went to see Star Wars Episode III with Dave, Jon and their parents on Tuesday. Unlike Episodes I and II, I really liked Episode III -- it had a plot, character development, actual reasons to empathize with the characters and of course some quality action scenes.
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Lisa came into town the following thursday. In many ways this time in chicago was a perfect transition from leaving Portland, having Mihir and Dave there the first weekend and Lisa there the next. Although the whole weekend with Lisa was very memorable a few things stick out the most. First: "come on food!", and "come on get done!". Second: drinking beers and singing at bars in Wrigleyville. Third: Lisa smelling pretzels in the mall and going on the mad search to find them. Fourth: dancing in the parking lot by Midway to Color Me Badd's "I want to sex you up", and finally the glimmer of hope that we might be able to have one extra night together when her return flight was overbooked. (Un)fortunately she got the last seat, but her return trip was quite a journey in itself. Due to bad weather at Denver they landed in Colorado Springs and waited there for quite some time. Luckily in the end everything worked out and Lisa got back to Portland.
Lisa and I did a lot of things that weekend. We got a hotel in downtown chicago and spent friday/saturday exploring the city. On Sunday we went to both the wedding and reception. The wedding/reception were a lot of fun. Good amount of people, great food. It was a lot of fun at the reception to eat, drink and then hit the dance floor.
Monish and Lisa all dressed up for the wedding.
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Lisa left on memorial day (May 30). The following day I packed up all my stuff and got ready to make my trip to NYC. I got a car (a white Corolla) for a one-way rental to New York, and I left for New York on June 1.
On May 21 the whole family went to the first of the two May weddings, this one between Neal and Susan. The reception was held at the Rosemont Convention Center, and there were over 1600 guests! I probably knew about 100 or so of the over 1600 people there. It was quite the experience.
Family all dressed up at Neal's reception
Dave was in town that day also, and Mihir, Dave and I went to see Armin Van Buuren at Vision later that night. Dave has comments on that night in his blog, so I wont rehash them. Between the reception and Vision it was a fun night.
Mihir left back for Portland on Monday, Dave stayed in chi-town for a few more days. I went to see Star Wars Episode III with Dave, Jon and their parents on Tuesday. Unlike Episodes I and II, I really liked Episode III -- it had a plot, character development, actual reasons to empathize with the characters and of course some quality action scenes.
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Lisa came into town the following thursday. In many ways this time in chicago was a perfect transition from leaving Portland, having Mihir and Dave there the first weekend and Lisa there the next. Although the whole weekend with Lisa was very memorable a few things stick out the most. First: "come on food!", and "come on get done!". Second: drinking beers and singing at bars in Wrigleyville. Third: Lisa smelling pretzels in the mall and going on the mad search to find them. Fourth: dancing in the parking lot by Midway to Color Me Badd's "I want to sex you up", and finally the glimmer of hope that we might be able to have one extra night together when her return flight was overbooked. (Un)fortunately she got the last seat, but her return trip was quite a journey in itself. Due to bad weather at Denver they landed in Colorado Springs and waited there for quite some time. Luckily in the end everything worked out and Lisa got back to Portland.
Lisa and I did a lot of things that weekend. We got a hotel in downtown chicago and spent friday/saturday exploring the city. On Sunday we went to both the wedding and reception. The wedding/reception were a lot of fun. Good amount of people, great food. It was a lot of fun at the reception to eat, drink and then hit the dance floor.
Monish and Lisa all dressed up for the wedding.
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Lisa left on memorial day (May 30). The following day I packed up all my stuff and got ready to make my trip to NYC. I got a car (a white Corolla) for a one-way rental to New York, and I left for New York on June 1.
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