I realize that doing a recap post of a previous trip while also telling you that this is my last post before my trip to Ireland and Scotland is completely obnoxious. I don’t blame you for getting as annoyed with me as I do with those people that “summer.” Who are those people really? But nevertheless, I received my film back from our trip to Chicago and I think I owe it to you and to me and to Chicago because that city is much prettier than it seems in movies. Also, Corey and I are flying to Ireland on Sunday! I am oscillating back and forth between freaking out that I need to pack and won’t have time on Saturday because I am shooting a wedding and shrieking little shrieks of sheer joy. I’m not sure if that is how you spell shriek. I will be gone for two weeks so my sporadic posting will become even more sporadic. Sorry guys – but I will have oh so many pretty pictures when I get back.

Back to Chicago. We were only in Chicago for a quick wedding weekend of three days, with most of that time spent at a pretty spectacular wedding. However, we did take some time to have a nice long walk around the city. I can imagine running everyday along the lake – it seems so peaceful. We took an obligatory picture in front of the bean which isn’t shown here because honestly the bean doesn’t photograph all that well. It is much cooler in person. Also, we stayed right near the park (don’t ask me the name of it), and I was highly impressed with it. We had an interesting but also delicious lunch at the Eleven City Diner. They are extremely strict on their policy that the entire party be in attendance before being seated. Even if we have 5 of the 6 people. And the 6th is 5 minutes away. And they have an entire room empty. They definitely ruffled Megan and my feathers, which is not a good place to be. Fortunately for them, their food is delicious. Possibly the most memorable thing to me was finally being able to see that train that runs between the buildings of the city that is shown in every single movie set in Chicago ever. I can see why, because it is memorable. I felt a little bit like Batman, or really Bane, because he was by far my favorite. Tom Hardy can do no wrong.