The weekend, succinctly

The weekend began and ended – and everything in between – with good friends, old and new. My bestie from our University of Miami days arrived Thursday from Phoenix by way of Denver. There she is, meeting me after work on the Brown/Purple CTA platform, looking like a native Chicagoan!

It was a whirlwind night, dinner and drinks, catching up and giggling at trendy Hub 51 in River North.

{ chicken nachos + chopsticks }

Sadly, while Martha stayed in our home for the conference weekend, The Fella and I headed to southern Maryland early Friday for a wedding. She fed and walked FurFur, and picked up the dog like a cat. Like she always does whenever she's in town, it's her thing, she can't help herself.

Between the wedding festivities and sari wrapping and reconnecting with former University of Miami undergrad pals at the wedding, we also made a new friend of the bride who also lives in Chicago! On our drive out, we three stopped off at idyllic Solomon's Island on the Chesapeake Bay for fresh seafood.

{ new Chicago friend, Sarah, and I on Solomon's Island,

this is what we look like when we're not wearing saris }

And the weekend closed with our drive back into D.C., where The Fella and I ended up with a bit of time before our flight to meet up with another University of Miami girlfriend. Ironically, we watched the Chicago Bears v. Washington Redskins game at a local sports bar where we tried our best to stealthily root for our team amongst the sea of red and gold.

{ Darcy and I in D.C. }

It was quite the random convergence of University of Miami folks, from near and far, but it made me feel like I was home sweet home.