The Last Snow

We had what I suspect to be the last real snow storm of the season Friday night.

A Chicago Valentine

Joy volunteers at the Shedd Aquarium, so for Valentine's Day, she got me in for free and I looked around while she worked. It's not nearly as impressive as the Academy of Sciences, but the best part - the Oceanarium - was under construction, so I have yet to see the entire aquarium.

Nickle the Sea Turtle was hit by the propeller of a boat. the damage to her shell was so severe that her tail floats higher than the rest of her body. This makes swimming difficult for her and it makes her look pretty funny

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After Joy finished working we headed off to Lincoln Park for a well deserved $4 cupcake from
Molly's Cupcakes. We met up with Kaela and her boyfriend there and took some pretty adorable pictures. I now aspire to be a cupcake baker rather than a flight attendant.

































Finally, after the pre-dinner cupcakes, Joy and I went off to a really strange theater to see "The Reader." So good! Kate Winslet's performance almost made me want to see "Revolutionary Road." Almost.

What's going on?!

We have had some really strange weather lately, but thanks to my human ecological footprint class I know just who to blame - everyone!

Saturday was amazing. Joy and I went to Millennium Park and sat by the bean while we ate cheese and bread (our favorite). It was so nice out that I had to take off my sweater. Of course, once the sun went behind a building it cooled down really fast. The bast part about that trip, besides the food, was that there were supposed to be all these games and activities having to do with ice and snow, but building an igloo out of ice cubes doesn't really work when the ice is melting.

Sunday was nice, but not fabulous. I stayed in and did homework all day anyway.

Monday was tolerable, but I had to bring out my giant jacket again.

Tuesday was like Saturday. I went outside quickly at around 9pm in a tank-top and didn't freeze. Take that UCSD kids (Clare)!

And today...well, it's turned out to be a very wet day. Even my roommate, who is from Seattle, is complaining.

I'm really looking forward to the snow storm we're expected to get next week.

Chinese New Year - The year of the ox

My RA, Sam, planned a trip to the Chinese New Year Parade. It was a really small group, but the weather held out for us, and I got to see a new part of town. The parade was not as exciting and the one in San Francisco, but I suppose it's proportionate to the population and size of Chinatown.