Birthdays - Christmas - Anniversary

We celebrated all three special events together yesterday and today by "getting away from it all". We spent a night in a beautiful hotel on Michigan Ave., downtown Chicago (courtesy of Phil's brother, Tim and his wife, Michelle - that was their awesome Christmas gift to us!).

Here's the view from our cozy room.

We spent some time yesterday afternoon shooting some pool at a fun little, out-of-the-way joint known as Southport Lanes.

We had dinner at an old English pub/restaurant called Elephant and Castle - Phil had bangers and mash, and i had lamb curry - It was purely delightful to go out for a whole day (and night) and not have to worry about our precious little bundle (and a half). Thanks, grandma!

We nearly froze to death on our walks to and from the trains in the Windy City, but we were undaunted, and we had a glorious time together.

This famous couple sort of reminds us of ourselves - at some point in the distant future. I think she's a little more somber and stoic than I like to think of myself, but the two of them are funny in their own way.