So here's a little engaged-girl confession - one of the reasons I was always scared of marriage and settling down is because I have an addiction: Traveling to awesome cities and wandering around them for work eating in amazing restaurants and buying something fashionable to remember my business trip. For some reason I thought if I ever got married and settled down I wouldn't be able to do this again. But as it turns out things haven't changed too much and now that I have found the man of my dreams I think I will just take him and our 5 kids everywhere we go.
Right now I'm sitting in a booth at Eleven - an upscale diner that is pretty excellent. They have put the "hip" into Hebrew with this cool map on the wall and they have a macaroni and cheese vegetarian style that I am dying over.
Oh how I love city life! It makes me feel alive!! More to come soon on this Windy City (that is actually experiencing perfect weather right now) adventure.
did you know?! windy city actually derives from the "wind" that politicians blow out their mouths when they talk, and not necessarily the weather, in Chicago. I LOVE THAT CITY!! and gurl, i dont think ive got to tell you yet, COgrats on the good love news. x
ReplyDeleteI've had those same thoughts, Erin! It's been fun to watch how my three BFFs since high school have rolled with the marriage-and-kids thing, because they all married within a few months of each other, and their kids are all about the same age, but they've all let marriage and motherhood absorb them to differing degrees. The tack I like best is my friend who tells me over and over again that they haven't let it change their lives. It's a CHOICE. Of course her life is very different than mine - but she's always up for a shopping trip in Park City (sometimes packing along her three darling, well-behaved daughters, sometimes just by herself), and she and her hubby will tote the kids along to an outdoor rock concert instead of passing up on the fun. I love it, because she's still so relateable. On the flipside, one of our besties is in mom mode 24/7, and we have nothing to talk about anymore! The three of us did a trip to Savannah last year, and the contrast between the two was stunning. Love them both dearly - just different choices. You can still be YOU - just with some fun companions!
ReplyDeleteLove watching your adventures from afar, friend! Keep up the fun!