Spent Wednesday through Sunday with Erik Keith Matt Ken Mark Tim Tara Kristen Kari Kristine Kathleen Bob Jon and lots more…
Wednesday
Direct flight on Southwest, oh yeah – brought snacks and “The Good Lord Bird” – smooth sailing. Beautiful and brisk at Midway. Walked around with Revco blasting in headphones. Trying to find the pizza place where Keith was hanging, while simultaneously navigating Erik there. Keith got mad that I didn’t get there sooner. Erik wouldn’t install an app that would have shown him my location, so drove around without finding me for an hour. Finally we all got to the pizza place. They whined, I got mad, slapped Erik and Keith, Keith got pissy. Off to a capital start!! :P
Matt showed up and reminded us how to chill. He’s doing great, teaching art to 35 high school kids at once (wha??) on the south side of Chicago. We went to the art studio where he works on lithographs done on these blocks of limestone that he gets (from Russia I think?). Beautiful stuff! Wish I’d bought one… Well, I misbehaved there and that was the end of my Wednesday night. My Pulp Fiction moment without the adrenaline or fun. Live and learn!
Thursday Keith and I got up to run (I was 100% recovered) and headed out of our swanky Hotel Lincoln digs straight into… camels? Yep we were running through the totally free totally amazing Lincoln Zoo! It was early so we didn’t see the lions, tigers and giraffes until later, but we did catch the seals before we were through the park…
…onto beautiful views of the city from the beautiful wetland preserves around Lakeshore Drive. Absolutely stunning, full of all kinds of native plants fish and birds, with the Chicago skyline as a backdrop…
