Mini Milwaukee Vacation

 

Last weekend Fisch and I journeyed to Milwaukee on what ended up being a wonderful mini vacay.

We both went to college in Milwaukee and have a lot of friends still in the area.  It was so much fun to see them and pretty much just play the whole weekend by ear seeing as many people we could.

Friday night we went to an Admirals hockey game/ Dierks Bentley concert with our friends Josh and Aimee.

Saturday morning we went out to brunch at the Honey Pie Cafe in Bay View. Delicious food, decadent pie, and bloody marys that come with their own lil meal!

We met up with our friends Jenny and Steve in the afternoon and browsed the mall for a bit. 

Saturday evening Fisch and I headed to the East Side, our old stompin' ground, to hang out with a couple of Fisch's old roommates.  Things I learned...music is WAY too loud at the bars we used to go to, if there is a bowl of popcorn next to me I WILL eat the whole thing, I am pretty awesome at darts, and McChicken sandwiches at 1 am make me sick.

Sunday we headed up to Port Washington to visit Fisch's family and have lunch with some friends and their babies up there.

I had a serious case of the Mondays today and I think it's because I just didn't want the weekend to be over.

Wordless(ish) Wednesday: Some Serious Sledding

Last Friday, we finally got a chance to go sledding at the park near our home.  There is this gigantic hill there that I have been wanting to sled down since we moved in in August.  It was pretty much just as awesome as I thought it would be.  We obviously need to buy higher quality rides for this hill, though, because Friday we started with three and ended the night with only one intact.

McFisch in Chicago

Last Weekend Fisch and I went to Chicago to check out my cousin Maren's new apartment and to help her move some stuff in.

We spent hours organizing, arranging, creating, decorating and turning her living room that pretty much looked like this... 

Into a cozy little put together space.

 

To celebrate our accomplishments we headed out to a bar near by where I spotted these awesome chandeliers!

On Sunday we explored Chinatown and got some lunch.

It was such a good, productive weekend but the best part is now Maren lives only 3 hours away after years of being an ocean away from me.  She is my closest friend, like the friend who knows everything about me and who I share everything with... so I really couldn't ask for anything better.

No plans yet for this weekend but it is Fisch's Birthday so hopefully some crazy fun ensues!

Wordless Wednesday: The Bean Jump

Yay Chicago!

Girls Weekend in Chicago

I had a wonderful time on the annual Chicago trip with my girls last weekend!
We...
- Window shopped
- Spent an hour in line waiting to buy Garrett's Popcorn (Chicago mix, cheese and caramel, is the best!)
- Spent a leisurely evening drinking wine and talking in the room before heading out on the town
- Took a random limo ride to dinner
- Ate at Ed Debevics (50's Style diner with a wait staff that is supposed to act rude)
- Danced the night away...and felt very old when we got tired and left by 12:30 a.m.
- Explored Millennium Park

 

I hope even as our lives change we still have these little get togethers :)