Fabulous Randoms

The evening started well, I got an email asking for a second interview with the fabulously awesome organization I interviewed with on Monday!!  Woohoo!! Next week is stacking up to be a pretty good week!! So now time to decide what to eat and where tonight.  We were going to check out RA Sushi, but I want to wait until happy hour so that we can try several of there specials without sipping into our savings!  So The Husband and I both grab our iPhones and spend the next thirty minutes trying to decide somewhere to go.  I guess that is a problem living where we live, there are tons of restaurants and choices. especially when you are hungry!

So we decided on 25º a lil’ bar on N Clark.  Not a lot of selection on the menu but they have some wonderful burgers!!  Very juicy!!  Went well with my Samual Adams!  I am not usually a beer girl, but I am trying to prep my taste buds for tomorrow!! 😉  This bar was pretty cool, not too loud when we first got there but it quickly got packed and pretty loud.  Apparently this city is all about its bars, drinks, and fun especially during March Madness!

So after enjoying our hamburgers, we headed back to find Sprinkles, a little cupcake shop off of State Street that I had read about.  But first we had some great entertainment on the walk there! Still wondering if the girl in the wedge heels ever made it to her destination or did she end up in the middle of State and one of its various cross streets or possible on the front of a bus or out of control taxi since she did not bother to look before crossing any of the streets we witnessed her cross! But alas, as much as we wanted to continue to watch the accident waiting to happen and giggle each time she narrowly missed hitting a sign or pole, Sprinkles was calling our names!  Icing on the cupcake: Free cupcakes tonight thanked to a promotion for the store’s new extended ours!  Score!!  (The cupcakes were very good and surprisingly fresh considering the time of night we got them.  I still must say that our fave is Molly’s on N Clark, you just can’t beat them!! But Sprinkles is definitely moving up my Yummm List!)

I am blogging to you from Lincoln Park! I decided that I would get out for a view hours today and enjoy the gorgeous, unusually early spring weather here in Chicago so I grabbed a Starbucks decaf (yeah still staying away from the strong stuff) and headed down to the lake front. It was gorgeous down there and I just sat by the water and got lost in the scenery. Once the coffee (okay, and yes the slice of pumpkin loaf) were finished, I decided to head to Lincoln Park with my magazine.  Most will not understand the importance of this act but The Husband will!  Since our first trip to The City, I have been in love with Lincoln Park. I have said probably a million times that one day I hoped to be able to live in Chicago, close enough to Lincoln Park that I could take a magazine and go sit in the park and just read.  No hurrying to get to our next destination because we were on vacation and had places to go and limited time. This one simple act of sitting in my park, aimlessly flipping through a magazine would mean that I had made dreams come true, no wait, that we had made dreams come true and were living where we truly wanted to be.  As I write these words, my eyes become a little teary.  Please don’t misunderstand, I miss my family and I miss my friends and I know The Husband feels the same way, but we have made it. We did it.

Okay, now I think it’s time to get back to flipping through this magazine…

Sorry it’s been so long since I have updated!!  Life has been a bit hectic with the move and settling into our new place!  I did a few posts from my iPhone, but apparently it and WordPress does not get along as it did not post them and they are no where to be found.

So anyway, we are HERE and we are getting settled.  Only a few more things to do in the house and everything will be set.  The Husband seems to be enjoying working from home and I had a job interview today!  It was with a wonderful organization that is vibrant and energetic.  I hope it works out but I am also trying not to get too excited as I am sure they had several people they were interviewing.  I do feel that the interview went great and just getting the callback and interview means I must be doing something right!! 😉

Took a taxi to the interview and then road the bus, with a transfer, on the way home.  Even stopped and picked up dinner for me and The Husband!  I do believe I am getting the hang of this city life!!