Aunt Renee's Visit

Aunt Renee has, by far, been one of our most consistent visitors since we moved to Chicago. Her Memorial Day visit has become a tradition of sorts and, starting last year, Adrienne comes with. You can see last year's post here.

This year, we started the trip by seeing "The Good Negro" at the Goodman Theater. You can read the full synopsis here, but in a nutshell, it was a wonderfully acted play that looks at some of the complexity behind the Civil Rights Movement.




From there, we walked back to the hotel to change and have a drink at the bar before walking over to Spiaggia (the Obama's favorite restaurant), for dinner. Yes, this was a repeat from the '09 visit—but it was worth it. Aunt Renee's veal chop (see below) was a culinary feat.

[I look a little loopy in this picture, but I swear, I wasn't tipsy]

The next afternoon, we met up at Wrigley Field to watch the Cubs lose to the St. Louis Cardinals. In spite of the 9-1 loss, we had really great seats and Adrienne, an Albert Pujols fan, was just happy to see him hit a home run.

After the game, we had lunch at Piece (a great pizza joint), and then took a driving tour of the area around Northwestern. We parked in order to walk around the campus itself and, more importantly, to put our feet in the sand lakeside.


After a shopping extravaganza on Monday morning, the ladies came down to our new house to check things out and enjoy a wonderful dinner Heath prepared. Lots of wine, lots of laughs and all in all, a perfect end to a great visit.