Trip Down Memory Lane
My parents passed all their frugality genes onto my brother, leaving me constantly scrambling to meet my endless materialistic needs. So despite dreaming of traveling around the US and the world, most of the time I'm "stuck" in New York getting my nails done or cooking up something delicious and expensive.
Hugo took pity on me and offered me his United voucher, earned after finding a snail in his salad on a flight (he promised he did not bring the snail with him on the flight). Only to a Frenchman! So I booked my flight to Chicago, my first adopted US city and home of loving friends and fine, college memories.
First destination, the Original Pancake House for my favorite breakfast: a fluffy spinach and cheese omelette with a side of delicious pancakes. Trust me, the best eggs/pancakes are eaten in the Midwest. Period.
Even triathlon coach Kimberly cannot resist this diet busting dish.
Second destination, the Gold Coast/ Magnificent Mile, the "Champs-Elysees" or "Fifth Avenue" of Chicago.
Trump's new tower was in construction when I was last in the city, and I was pleasantly surprised by how it turned out.
The Art Institute's new contemporary art wing channels NY's MET museum with views over the Millenium Park and classic masterpieces by Pollocks, Rothko, Klein and Magritte. Admittedly, I liked the Art Institute's collection better than the MET's but probably because I'm so tired of the MET's tiny collection.
The Bean with the cityscape and my own reflections always tickles my narcissism and aesthetism. I like ovals and mirrors, always loved Brancusi. Find me in the second picture.
The highlight of the trip was the pig marrow at The Purple Pig. Short Ribs and Pig's Ears were not bad either.
Kimberly & hubby Nandan
Ian and wife/rock star Lauren
Hugo took pity on me and offered me his United voucher, earned after finding a snail in his salad on a flight (he promised he did not bring the snail with him on the flight). Only to a Frenchman! So I booked my flight to Chicago, my first adopted US city and home of loving friends and fine, college memories.
First destination, the Original Pancake House for my favorite breakfast: a fluffy spinach and cheese omelette with a side of delicious pancakes. Trust me, the best eggs/pancakes are eaten in the Midwest. Period.
Even triathlon coach Kimberly cannot resist this diet busting dish.
Second destination, the Gold Coast/ Magnificent Mile, the "Champs-Elysees" or "Fifth Avenue" of Chicago.
Trump's new tower was in construction when I was last in the city, and I was pleasantly surprised by how it turned out.
The Art Institute's new contemporary art wing channels NY's MET museum with views over the Millenium Park and classic masterpieces by Pollocks, Rothko, Klein and Magritte. Admittedly, I liked the Art Institute's collection better than the MET's but probably because I'm so tired of the MET's tiny collection.
The Bean with the cityscape and my own reflections always tickles my narcissism and aesthetism. I like ovals and mirrors, always loved Brancusi. Find me in the second picture.
The highlight of the trip was the pig marrow at The Purple Pig. Short Ribs and Pig's Ears were not bad either.
Kimberly & hubby Nandan
Ian and wife/rock star Lauren
posted by S at 6:46 PM
1 Comments:
Sweet to have nice brothers like that.
You should just buy a 95 ford bronco in new jersey for 3grand, and drive around the country.
I once hauled ass from upstate NY to Mexico City in three days in a Corolla. Stopping for cofee in Charlottesville, VA, drinks in NOLA, and blasting los Tigres del Norte at a Johny Corrino's in Laredo, TX. I was in deed making nextel calls to folks the United States while getting gas in a Pemex station about 30km south of Saltillo in the badlands of Coahuila.
Well about dating and training...I am an engineer, so I work reasonable hours, I don't live in NYC so my nights don't start at 1am, and most importantly I am a heterosexual male, so I don't have to deal with the endless whining and general lack of direction that defines western "manhood" in the 21st century. Not to worry though...now you are among athletes you will have vettet out 99% of the sissies.
Keep pushing. You'r doing great.
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