Chicago Trip

I spent Friday Jan. 12th - Monday Jan. 15th in Chicago with Brendan Dwyer. We decided to take a trip to the Windy City to visit our friend Brutus who is battling cancer. The trip started off poorly with both Dwyer's and my flights being delayed multiple hours. While we sat at our respective airports we also found out that Brutus (who was supposed to be at home for the weekend) had a fever and had to be checked into the hospital for the next couple of days. Thankfully we seem to have multiple friends everywhere so we gave Mr. Drew Kurtz a call and he opened his door to us for the next couple of nights (congrats to Drew - I found out that his wife Katie is pregnant). Thankfully Brutus's fever went down and he was able to go home on Sunday morning. All in all it ended up being a great trip.

Here are some of the highlights:

Friday Jan. 12th:

• Picking up keys to Drew's place from a local liquor store
• Red Line trip to Finn McCool's to drink huge beers
• Dwyer getting a round of beers bought for us by a woman wearing bottom (teeth) braces

Saturday Jan. 13th:

• Brunch from Timothy O'Tools
• Getting to hang out at Northwestern Memorial Hospital with Brutus, Dwyer and Drew
• Playing plenty of Scattergories (small computer) & Yahtzee in the hospital
• Watching two great NFL games (I'm kinda rooting for the Colts)
• Taking the Brown Line into Lincoln Park to go bowling with Dwyer & Lindsey Newman
• Walking 2 miles back to Drew's with Dwyer (the human compass)

Sunday Jan. 14th:

• Meeting Roy & Glenda Armin
• Watching the Bears sneak by the Seachickens
• Witnessing the Chargers self destruct verses the Patriots
• Enjoying Xbox 360 (I love hockey games)

Monday Jan. 15th:

• Hooters, Hooters, Hooters! (The restaurant)
• Not being delayed 3 hours at the airport

Good to see everyone in Chicago. See ya'll at Dwyer's wedding/bachelor party! Brutus - kick that cancer's ass!!