Back to Vancouver

Got back Monday evening. I took a 5:30pm flight out of O'Hare and seemed like a lot of people were on their way home or going on vacation. It was pretty busy. The security line was all the way to the end and of all the times I've flown out of O'Hare, I've never been in a line as long as that. At the gate there were announcements that the flight to Tampa was full and they were looking for volunteers to take the next flight out in return for a roundtrip ticket anywhere in the continental U.S. I was thinking I wouldn't mind doing that if that was the case for my filght, but there weren't many people on the filght to Vancouver. I had the row to myself which was nice.

I tried to see everyone while I was back in Chicago, but my time there was too short. In some ways it felt like I never left, but it's been almost half a year since I've been gone. Not much has changed. Just the little ones have gotten bigger. My cousin's wedding in Milwaukee was lovely. Actually Milwaukee seems like a very nice place to live during the summers. While in Chicago, I stopped at the new Joy Yee's in Chinatown to grab a bubble tea. (What took them so long to move into the new space, which is much nicer btw, but why don't they use their walk-up window outside instead?) In the beginning, I thought the bubble teas at Joy Yee's were better than the ones in Vancouver, but now I believe that the fruit ones they have are very good, but the pearls are not as soft and chewy as Bubble World in Vancouver. The milk teas though are better at Bubble World. Oh, I just remembered, I owe Sarah a bubble tea... oops, next time!

On Tuesday I went out with the team to celebrate a job well done at the Keg. Don't let the name fool you. It's not a bar, but a steak and seafood restaurant. The exterior of the building is quite interesting... not sure how I'd describe it, but definitely not what you would imagine how a fine dining establishment would look like. During the entire dinner they played 80s music... stuff you haven't heard since, well the 80s. I ordered the steak and half lobster and it was delicious. For dessert I had the Billy Miner pie, named after a famous Canadian bank robber who, I was told coined the phrase "stick 'em up." It's mocha ice cream over a fudge crumble with chocolate and sliced almonds. I can't believe I ate so much.  

Well, it was good seeing everyone. I wish I had more time. I'll try to plan for more time when I go back for future visits.