Saturday, September 4, 2010

Chicago!

Our first stop on our epic journey was Chicago, which was a beautiful city filled with very nice people. We spent a day wandering around, and I highly recommend renting one of these babies for cruising around the lake.

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Of course, Chainsaw got to drive. The wheel on my side was for looks, although I did try to help Chainsaw around some corners by using it.

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Accidental shots are the best sometimes!

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I met this giant penguin outside of a candy store, and we hit it off right away. We were like peas and carrots. We were like penguins, Ashley, and ice creams.

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We found no one offering speed humps ahead.

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Eyeball!

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The giant mirror bean thing was cooler than I expected. I was surprised at the amount of people getting TO'd about other people ending up in their shot. Hello? There are a brazillion people trying to take pictures of their reflections people. Deal with it, ok?

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We stayed with Chainsaw's friend Carlos and his wonderful fambly. He took us to his favorite restaurant, The Kitsch'n.

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This is the bathroom. I don't make a habit out of photographing myself in public bathrooms, but I kind of just wanted to hang out in this bathroom forever. It's somewhat next to a giant thrift store outlet, a magical place where I spent $10 on 3 vintage dresses, 1 not vintage dress, and a tank top. There's also a vintage clothes store that is awesome. I got a couple adorable dresses, one of which was brand new vintage. She called it dead stock.

Ok, special thanks to Carlos once again. We had a glorious time in Chicago!!

2 comments:

Melissa said...

Reading the menu at Kitsch'n is pretty much menu porn. Yum.

Anonymous said...

Hey Ashley!

It was a pleasure for us to host such gracious people like yourselves.

I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Chainsaw (WTF with that nickname?!) and meeting you for the first time. My kids hit it off with you guys right away and I am sure Adriana and you can be great buddies.

Please, let's make this happen again sometime soon. But let's include some kids this time! I am sure Felix and Sabina will hit it off right away.

Cheerio!

~Carlos