Drove to Chicago...all things go, all things go. After a delightful few days going to Bricks Pizza, having a long coffee date with Maralynn, and seeing friends at a concert, we reserved our last day for "annivsaryness."
On June 2nd we spent the day visiting places where we had romantic/significant/fun memories...
This is front of 3rd Coast, a dimly lit cafe with creative art, wonderful food, and usually deep brooding music. We went here about a million times for scones and coffee, often as friends, but it made a great date place later (so close to Moody) and then when we got married our apartment was right around the corner.
We had falofel at Sultan's. It was delish. We wish they would open one in Pittsburgh.
This is outside Myopic, the eclectic used book store where one fateful afternoon while we browsed and I was waxing eloquent about how nuanced the gay/lesbian/trans/bi community is and how wrongly they've been treated by the church in the past, Samm began to think of me as a bit more than a friend. We did not buy any books, either time.
We went to Ear Wax Cafe for lattes as we had that same afternoon after our freshman visit to Myopic. This was before I knew what indie even meant. Seriously, at that point I thought it had something to do with India.
Me and my latte - er cafe au lait actually. It was lovely.
We went to a different book store next in Logan Square (Book Cellar) and actually bought books, and we read for a while near the lake. Being Chicago, it was freezing (JUNE 2nd) so we stayed in our car. Finally we headed to Angelina's - the Italian ristorante where we began dating. You can see in the pictures above how adorable it is. We sat in the same window seat (top left pic) as the first time! Fabulous meal, and unbelievable wine (thank you Alyosha and Sarah!!!).
Kissing outside the restaurant.
Silliness.
more fun...
And finally the lovely hotel room where we stayed that night. probably not necessary to include that.
Yay for being even more in love now than we were when we got married.
