Chicago: They paved a fetid swamp/and put up a parking lot

I've never been in a fern room.

Naaaaap. I just took a nap. An amazing nap.

Oh, I love the fern room. It's in the conservatory. Also recommended: the small conifer garden outside to the left of the building and the Japanese garden down and to the right. They're all really enveloping and atmospheric. Not nearly big enough for me, but I'll take what I can get.

I need a nap so badly because I slept for like 4.5 hours but I can't. So tired, kinda grumpy.

Are you guys doing anything tonight?

Here's another nice one from the fern room
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5933980987_3cf4f49bf0.jpg

I really want to take a trip to the Garfield Park Conservatory, but I think it's still recovering from the hailstorm last month, and the neighborhood it's in bothers me.

Finally got to try Longman and Eagle today. So good.

What did you eat?

Fun thing I did today: visited all 16 portrait statues in Lincoln Park.

I was honestly a little overwhelmed by the choices and ended up with the Wild Boar Sloppy Joe. I think I need to go back about eight more times to try everything that jumped out at me though.

That's what I had too. Was underwhelmed. Would try something else though.

I thought it was pretty good, but my wife had the burger which was even better.

I will tell you about my dreams:

Had the recurring dream where my contacts are the size of horse's eyes, but this time in the dream I said "Oh my god, this is just like that dream I always have, but it's really happening!"

Dreamed a horrible creature with the form of a baby lived under my sink. He tricked me into letting him out by sounding helpless and cute, but then he turned out to be a scary and perverse creature. (I saw Beetlejuice for the first time yesterday.)

Facebook says it's your birthday, EZ. Can you verify this?

Indeed, it is!

hb broheems!

Proper. -Hammer

HBDEZ

Today's weather has been weird. The light is weird right now - it's yellow-orange and gray and raining.

So I like the band The XX. It took about 18 months for me to like them, but now I love them. I wish I could like music faster b/c I would have loved to have seen them live already!

And now it's clear again and the sky is pretty.

I had a dreamy bike home earlier

i went for a walk in the woods in the humidity & rain earlier listening to the score to the social network, it was pretty rad

wait i keep forgetting this is for chicago people

yeah fuck you we don't have woods

Bike rides on overcast days are the best. BUT listening to movie scores in nature is also a choice way to spend yr time.

Our weather is different here. We have weird light.

Courtney Love wrote a song about it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OHt2poqZys

Today's funnest typo so far: "We reserved a beeting room at the Hyatt."

Amanda is there right now.

L&E burger is > Wild Boar Sloppy Joe, but since both are available at lunch, when it's not as crowded, I'd recommend something more interesting for dinner.

I'll get back to you by EOD -- I'm in a very important beeting

So I'm leaving Thursday to, you know, get married and there is seemingly absolutely no way for me to get everything done at work I need to before then. I am kind of freaking out, but then I kind of don't care because I'm going to get married and that overshadows everything.

Awesome.

Yay. Where are you getting married? I forgot.

I'm getting married deep in the heart of litchfield county, connecticut. If the weather cooperates, it will be here: http://www.litchfieldgardenclub.org/images/butterflygarden_2007.jpg

I don't know why that text is justified

Pretty! Also exciting! I hope you share pictures.

no, the pictures will be secret for all time.

actually there will some sort of wedding picture flickr site, where you will probably find lots of pictures of me being drunken, sweaty and happy.

yaaay married!

are you wearing medieval costumes y/n

Please let it be y. Please let it be y. Please let it be y.

i know!

say yes!

Deja vu. Have we talked about this before or is this just part of my constant wish that people engage in all major life events while wearing medieval dress?

i thought he mentioned that he wanted to have a medieval themed wedding or maybe i'm just dreaming?

also -- KENAN -- if you have not listened to the new twilight singers record, you should. it's *extremely* whigsy!

I think I mentioned on FB that I wanted to have a classical greek themed wedding. which would have been aweseome. but it was nixed. (this would probably not have included any greek costumes, more just a lot of hymns to aprhodite, etc). Anyway, it will largely be a standard wedding, though we had considered getting this guy as a jp: http://findajp.com/gallery/mack.htm. that too was nixed

http://images.wikia.com/startrek/images/3/39/Worf_and_Jadzia_wedding.jpg

I told our photog to not use those for her personal site, damnit.

sorry
my xls is not properly calibrated

still, would you consider swapping out normal wedding garb for one of these? i think you guys could totally swing it

http://www.mistythicket.com/ebay/celtic_irish_leine_shirt_01.jpg

and one of these

http://www.historyshop.piratemerch.com/images/renaissance_cloak_C1055_LRG.jpg

You guys.

John I think you and the bride would look fine in this too.

i actually think sara would look totally hottt in that druidy cloak costume.

I have no comment about how I would look in that tunic thing.

Girl, please. Totally hot.