Chicago roundup...

Ah, our time in Chicago - not quite enough to really get to see everyone but Tina made sure that we had a complete full schedule that packed in seeing friends along with going to work and all of our other errands that needed to be completed prior to returning to China.

We already wrote about New Year's Eve as a guest post on Happy Bungalow, so we won't bother to tell you about that again...
January first we were able to watch the winter classic, not at the actual event - but we did wander around Wrigley the day before to get some good photos of the place all decked out for hockey. My parents were in town over the holiday, my mom actually working as a usher at Wrigley field and out there in the bitter cold for the day - we thought about that while watching on television. But since they were out in Chicago took them out for dinner on Friday night, an early birthday present for my mom. We took them to Blue Water Grill which we enjoyed and then a week later they closed the restaurant.

Saturday we returned to Sushi Mura, the best sushi in Chicago, and meet up with a big group of our friends.


Monday Tina and I went to the dentist, such fun, and Tina was able to schedule a root canal for the following night. After getting her tooth drilled out we took a novocaine filled Tina down to La Petite Paris, what must be one of the best french restaurants in Chicago. It was a short trip - only the best of everything for Tina and myself...

Wednesday night we dined at the house of Tina's friends Bob and Linda. An excellent meal was prepared by Linda and we were able to relax and catch up on all that has been going on with them.
The rest of the week while I was working Tina was out having lunches with old friends and coworkers. We managed to squeeze in a meal with Jean and then Friday came and we dined with friends Justin, Jessica, and Emily at Vermillion, another excellent meal. From there we went off to see Buddy Guy play...
That night Chicago decided to get a good heaping of snow, nice for us to see but a bit of a pain - it made it so that Heather and Mike couldn't get down to see Buddy Guy with us.
Then another Saturday with a full group out for dinner, and more snow.

On Sunday, our final day back in Chicago, we went over to Heather and Mike's again to transfer photo files and thank them again for letting us crash with them for our first few nights in town. To show our appreciation I even helped to clean off Heather's car.
And that was it, the next day we were on a plane for the long flight back to China carrying luggage loaded down with wine and black beans....