bit of a week in review

2 years ago, last night i was standing in the zocalo celebrating mexican independence day.  when i think back to that night (actually the whole week) i feel so happy.  that was a really happy, exciting time for me.  it's strange how happy you can feel when you understand so little of what the people around you are saying.

last night on my bike ride home silly things kept reminding me of that night.  the most obvious were the mexican flags people were flying outside their car windows.  i saw the buckingham fountain light show, which sort-of reminded me of the lights in the zocalo.  no, there weren't fireworks or yelling, "viva mexico."  although, to be honest i did speak out loud in spanish the whole way home (the path was deserted) and may or may not have yelled "viva mexico" myself, alone on the chicago lakefront path (i did).  

good times

what else have i been up to this week?

beer tasting at haymarket , which was super fun!  to be honest, their beers were a little bitter for me, but i still had a really good time.  (please notice my beer language.  i seem to be learning a lot about beer lately.  i'm learning about hops, bitter, pale ales, etc.)

adler trivia night that didn't turn up to be trivia night.  the bar we always go to cancelled it indefinitely and didn't call us.  how dare they.  ;)  we had fun hanging out anyway and now we're on the search for a new location.

and last night i got to work my first real event in a long time and i loved it.  it's so strange to explain how i loved it.  i loved running around (literally running) while holding on to my walkie to make sure it didn't fall off my pants, getting over the top excited so everyone else will get excited too, getting everything going and then hitting a wall, but still going, the pain in my feet, ...  oh how i miss it.  it's definitely not part of my job to do Adler After Dark's (i was filling in last night), but i think it was a clear sign of one area i should be focusing my job search.
i always order the staff food, food buffet and create the speciality cocktail for the event.  it was nice to see it all come through.  i even heard (from other visitors) the apple pie martini cocktail i created for this month was delicious.  yea!  i really don't know anything about cocktails so i'm learning through the process as well.  next month... Rummy Worms.  similar to your rum and coke, but with a gummy worm garnish.


let's take note that i'm blowing my new year's resolution out of the water lately with all the new places i'm visiting.  wahoo!  i think i should probably go back and read those sometime...