Big Adventure to the Big City

The Husband needed to go downtown tonight so I decided to tag along to get out of the house and go for a ride. We invited my mom over, and then left her here with the children. We thought we'd be back in two hours. But it took longer than we thought to get there. And then we got hungry. We ended up eating at Tuscany across from Wrigley Field and I was able to get my most favorite dish in the whole wide world which is Pear Ravioli. I was very very excited to get this dish because the last time we were there I purposely only ate half so I would have left overs. Then Husband had a few too many drinks and left it in some moldy basement refrigerator at some bar. I was in a rage for weeks, mourning my sweet pear ravioli leftovers rotting away alone and unappreciated surrounded by drunk kids and rats in that smoky basement. But he wasn't drinking this night and so my lucious leftovers await me in my very own mold free fridge. Anyhow, I was so happy to be there I had wine. I was happy before the wine but I was really happy after. But I wish I had known we would be going somewhere so nice because I would have taken the time for some extra hygiene, like showering. Anyhow, I used my phone to take some pictures to show CT when we got home because he is very curious what goes on when he is not there. Here are some things I thought would be points of interest for him.

The restaurant. Love it.


Our table. Check out the wine. *Yea!!* And candelight to boot!


A cool old car and part of a parking meter.


A taxi cab with the light *on*. And a special bonus: the Dunkin' Donuts in the background!


Mailboxes and a newspaper machine. We don't have those green mailboxes out here in suburbia. You can't open them. What's up with those mailboxes anyway?

Between traffic and running errands and traffic and dining and wine and traffic, it took us about 5 hours round trip. It was so fun for me, but I was not driving or taking care of my children, either!