A night of old-fashioned fun

Just before I toppled the Leaning Tower of Jenga. Sadly, I was not stealthy or
"spidery" enough for this, but I AM the Connect Four champion!

First of all, let me start off by asking, How the heck does it fall from nearly 70 degrees and sunny to 30 and snowy the next day?? In March!

This is also the story of how I came to be *the* Connect Four ruling champion amongst friends at a local bar...

Today had rapidly turned on me since the morning began and had never picked itself back up since. It started off windy, then sleety, then snowy, sleety, and then back to snowy all day, all night. You get the point. Chicago weather never fails to amaze me in how fickle it is. Nevertheless, The Fella and I soldiered on with our evening plans to meet friends at Jerry's Sandwiches in Wicker Park, in hopes of having another night as awesome as the one last year in which the group kicked back amidst a blizzard, Asian girl *birthdays*, micro-brewed beers, a smorgasbord of gourmet sandwiches, a failed attempt to actually watch a scary movie, and finally, a spontaneous snowball fight with dogs in the Greenview field.

Winter 2008

Yesterday's dinner at Jerry's resulted in a snowy, spontaneous night of hopping around to the hot spots next door. One Irish bar stocked game boards board games (my favorite thing, except that I just can't get the darn word right)! And so we joined the kitschy bar hipsters in on the childhood fun of darts, Jenga, and Connect Four, losing ourselves to hysteria and shouts.

It is a curious, little fact that the only time I ever end up at Jerry's is when it's dark, cold and snowy. I don't understand it. Maybe next time I'll enjoy Jerry's in different weather/different season, and by then, I'll be able to say "game boards" "board games" properly.