Rob and I both moved to Chicago for law school in August 2006, and it turned out to be the best decision either of us ever made. Not only did we meet one another while studying at our law school's campus in Rome the summer of 2007, but we made friends who have since become our family. Over those seven years, Chicago became our home. Living abroad is something I've always wanted to do, but I never imagined it would be so hard to leave the States behind. Thankfully, our Chicago Family was gladly willing to join us for a week-long celebration of everything that makes this city so fantastic (spoiler alert - there was a lot of really unhealthy food involved).
As part of our send off, we also had to quit our jobs in Chicago. This left some of our coworkers jealous, most happy for us, and others borderline suicidal...
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On the left - the cake Rob's bosses got for him
On the right - the card and mug signed by my entire group. |
We started our Best of Chicago celebration with Mexican cuisine in Pilsen (and a tearful goodbye to my first Chicago friend) and ended it with a family-style dinner at Quartino's. In between there were two booze cruises,dinner at Goose Island Brewpub, brunch at The Publican, a day at Navy Pier, a night of Cards Against Humanity and fireworks, multiple grilled cheese sandwiches at Cheesie's, more Mexican food, Disney movie night with Amanda, boys night out at Reggie's, and two Cubs games (I told you there was a lot of food).
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| Boat cruise on Chicago River |
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Pictures from Navy Pier (clockwise from top left): the girls ready to ride the Ferris Wheel, one last couple picture
with the sky line, Sara and Jeff on the swings - Rob and I rode too!, and Rob's golf ball for mini-golf. |
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Cubs game #2 - bleacher seats for the win! We ate one (or two....) last Chicago bleacher dogs (aka best hot dogs in
the world) and sang Take Me Out to the Ballgame at the top of our lungs |
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| Farewell dinner at Quartino's |
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| And we're off - thanks to Amanda and Jeff for driving us to the airport (in two separate cars)! |
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