Guess where we went for Valentine’s Day!”
After a great Valentine’s Eve dinner in the basement of a library we packed up the dogs on Saturday morning and shipped them off to Becky’s. We were then off to Chicago by way of our now standard trail through Munster and Flossmoor. After stops at Three Floyds and Flossmoor Station we checked into the Homewood Suites downtown and made our way to dinner at Tsuki. Tsuki was a nice little modern sushi place and all the rolls we had were great. When I say “modern” sushi place I mean it’s dimly lit and they play electronic music. We also had a few cups of green tea at the most perfect temperature I have ever drank tea at (which means Jess thought it was too hot, and you probably would too). We then made our ritualistic stop by Goose Island and spent the rest of the evening with Nate and Heather.
On Sunday we wandered the town and killed time until the Meshuggah concert that evening. I know most people who read this aren’t really into our kind of music, but the concert was amazing. It was Jess’ first time seeing Meshuggah and she was astounded at how perfectly they pulled everything off. If you aren’t aware, Meshuggah is a band that specializes in polyrhythmic metal. After the concert we finally made our way out to the Map Room after many years of talking about it.
Monday was a mostly lazy day of hanging out in the city, drinking Intelligentsia coffee and eating sushi. Mary had work obligations so instead we met Nate for lunch and hung out with him for a bit. When we got back home Monday night, we picked up the dogs from Becky’s and it appeared that both of them had a wonderful time with Becky’s dog Finn.
Now to finish things up, I’m going to end the post with a healthy dose of beer porn from our Sunday afternoon lunch at Local Option. Enjoy!
Local Option’s beer menu
Ska Decadent and Christoffel Blond
DeRanke XX Bitter
Founder’s Porter
Kostritzer - literally fresh from Germany