Pictures! - Amaandaland

Alright, I admit it - I am the world's worst blogger. At long last I have surfaced.
Amaanda came to see us for 10 days in May, and it was so fun! We walked around for hours everyday in the sun, rain and wind , hitting everything from art museums to the zoo (twice). We kept our spirits up with a lot of coffee, deep dish piazza and gelato. It was a healthy time. The first day Amaanda was in the city, our Aunt Nan made special plans so she could be with us too! We all went to the zoo ... and then went out for deep dish. It's a whole new food group.

Amaanda was able to stay right downtown only two buildings away from us in a sublet apartment. It was so great to have her close by and in the thick of things, especially since she paid the same price as she would have at a hostel downtown - except without the bedbugs. I am serious - there are warning signs on how to prevent bedbugs on every CTA bus and train, and the hostels have them, according to people who've stayed there. Gross, gross, gross. (On a related note, I saw my first city garbage rat yesterday, right outside our building. Yaay! It wasn't so bad, in its own vermin-y way. So far, the only cockroaches around are in the zoo, but time will tell.)

All in all, we did so much cool stuff while Amaanda was in town, there's just too much to write down. But here are some pictures.