Meli

This Sunday Ben and I met his parents, his sister and her boyfriend for brunch at Meli Cafe. I'll be honest, I had never heard of this place before and I didn't know quite what to expect from a brunch place in Greektown, but this place was great. They don't take reservations for parties of less than 6, but the 20 minutes we waited was worth it. They have a huge menu of breakfast and lunch options including a variety of fresh squeezed juice options. I had a Denver omelet and Ben had a breakfast sandwich. Although these are two pretty basic breakfast options the food was wonderful and the honey butter that went with my toast was a nice change. I would highly recommend this place for breakfast of lunch. Enjoy! http://www.melicafe.com/

Cone Head

Our dog Lucy was spayed and had eye surgery last week to fix her cherry eye. Here is a quick pic of her when we brought her home.

We went back to the vet yesterday to get her stitches out and hopefully the cone off, but the doctor vetoed that. One more week of the cone for Lucy and more eye meds. She hates the cone and continues to try and eat the plastic so we are constantly trying to stop her from biting at it.

San Diego Marathon - June 1, 2008

So after much thought and a brutal first marathon experience in Chicago this year, Ben and I have decided we are going to do the San Diego Marathon in June. As in prior years, the firm has agreed to sponsor one marathon for the year where they will pay our entry fee, airfare and hotel in order to participate in that chosen marathon. So we get a trip to San Diego and get to run the marathon for free. You can't beat that.

I guess now the biggest issue is getting back into shape. I can honestly say I have not run once since the Chicago marathon in October. Pretty soon we will be back to running three days a week with a long run on the weekend. Part of me can't wait and the other parts is already dreading it. For more information on the race go to http://www.rnrmarathon.com/home.html

US Weekly Pool

Ugh - the final results are in on the US Weekly fantasy pool and lets just say I finished in the back of the pack. This is not the way I wanted to follow up my winning season from last year.

For those of you who don't know how this works it is pretty much just like fantasy football...you pick players (celebrities) and then you get the number of points that they earn based on how many times their photo appears in the magazine. Good thing is that I can study up with my new subscription to US Weekly. Annually, Ben's parents buy me my subscription for my birthday. It is the best gift because it is like getting a present every week. I love it! Thanks Bob and Judy!

New to the game

Okay, so this is my first shot at a "blog". I see so many people doing this that I figured I should get into the game. With our family and friends located all over the country this might be the best way to keep everyone posted on what we are up to in Chicago. I'm not sure how I will take to this, but we'll give it a shot. Hopefully I'll be able to post with some regularity.