Laconia

Just another update on the crazy warm day we had yesterday, here in Chicago:

After posting my last entry, I got all excited about the weather and definitely was not up for staying in on such a great day/night. So I texted a couple of neighbourhood friends saying that I wanted to go out and play on such a great day to see if any one was up for a little afterwork fun. While waiting for people to get back to me, my friend, Patricia, called to say she was on her way over with Manny, her dog, so that we could head out to the park and let the doggies play together. While waiting for them to get to my place, I run into Nick (or as some of you may know him, Tony's Doppelganger) and he mentioned alredy having plans but that he was on his way to the park to go climb a tree (yeah, ok, the warm weather does bring out the crazy - just maybe). So, he waited with me for Patricia to show, we all headed to the park, walked and talked, and picked trees for Nick to climb. Which he is surprisingly good at and I have some photos of Tarzan Boy (oh oh oh oh oho oh oh) in some trees, but they're on my cel phone so not sure how to get them up here.

After a while, Nick headed back to go grab dinner with friends and Patricia and I decided to head out, grab a drink, and grab some dinner as well with her husband, Todd. Headed to the local Mexican restaurant which had a tuesday night special of 45oz. margaritas for about ten dollars. So we proceeded to drink, sit at a table, talk nonsense, and just have a good time. It was a great night, and the conversation ranged from the difference between racism and bigotry to the joy of being the third person being out with a couple (wonder who brought that top to the table? Smile). The best part was everytime Patricia referred to Nick she called him Tony, which was hilarious to me, and kinda confusing for Todd.

The amazing part of the night is that I actually finished said 45oz margarita (just imagine a fish bowl on a glass stem and you'll know how much margarita I had!) but combined with the weather, it made me super happy and incredibly friendly. Which was fun for me when I got home and Matt (friend in the building) was hanging outside, smoking his pipe (I think it is cool that someone my age smokes a pipe - kinda rebellious in an old-fashioned way) or when I ran into some hottie with a cute puppy as I came back from the last walk with Cam. Tonight (March 14th), I am off to bowl, drink, and scarf appetizers for free at a frou-frou bowling lounge with other pruppies (think preppy-yuppies). Can't wait......and I will post more updates along the way!!!!!!