Tales of the night, and other random happenings
Last night was Alison's going away shindig, and she wanted to celebrate in the city (Chicago), which makes sense. Up until Thursday night I wasn't sure what I would be doing, where I would be staying and the like. But my high school friend, Angela (not that she is in high school, but a friend I made in high school) was up for going and said I could crash at her place. We haven't seen each other for a few years now, so it was really fun hanging out with her.
It was half price wine bottle night, and most of the people who were with us ordered the white wine Riesling, with Angela and I starting that trend. Really, how can you go wrong with a Riesling? The Germans are good at a lot of things, and that is definitely one of them. We chatted, took pictures, laughed and even danced some. We all looked fabulous, but then again, we usually do. Kim had a swedish guy hit on her, and Alison was quite the social butterfly, needing to go from one group of friends to the next. Overall, it was pretty great.
When we were kicked out of the bar, it was raining, so getting a cab was next to impossible. After a few failed attempts to grab a cab (because they were all full), we were just going to take the El home. On the way to the station, Angela saw a guy hailing down a cab, she then spotted the cab, and hailed it down. The cab stopped for us, two girls, not for the one guy. He then came over to us, and we thought was going to yell at us for stealing his cab. Instead, he asked if we could share the taxi since we were going to the same area. While driving, we ended up having a small Dr. Phil session with Brett, our new found friend. We got out at the same spot, he picked up the cab fare and requested us to come to a bar and grab a drink. But the bar was closed, and we were wet and cold. Sorry, Brett.
Another exciting thing that happened today was that I bought a timbuk2 bag! These are great bags, yes, trendy, but also very durable. It is a laptop bag that I don't need now, but will hopefully be using a lot over the next few years when I can ride my bike to classes. They usually go for over $100, and it was on clearance at Marshall's (didn't even know I could buy it there) for $30! And it even has a pink middle stripe. Exciting.
