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{September 17, 2016} Sharing veganism…sigh

As my dad always says..’sharing is caring’.

LJ and I met tonight to get some dinner at Kitchen 17, the vegan place that KP and I went to on Wednesday because she wanted to try the vegan deep dish pizza.

Guess what they don’t have on Fridays…deep dish pizza! Noooooo! But they do have scicillian style pizza which is thick, so we ordered that. Odd thing…it was round. But…fabulous! We also ordered spinach and artichoke dip, O M G!! So, two for two at this place! This may be my new favorite vegan place in Chicago.

After we finished, well, finished as much as we were going to…we decided on a milkshake, equally yum!

As we were waiting on the milkshake, there was a couple next to us who asked how we liked the pizza, we both said it was fabulous and offered them a piece! They declined but asked for vegan recommendations in Chicago, they had just moved there. He had been in Japan the last two years and she was from Atlanta, what are the odds?

So, we gave her the run down, and it was great having LJ there because even though I’m vegan, I can say something is great, if a non-vegan or meat eater says this food is good, it helps with other people. Some people think when I say something is awesome, it’s just because I can eat it, not true.

I also told them about Happy Cow, the veg-friendly app. You get vegetarian, vegan, veg-friendly and stores. The best part, it’s global, I’ve used it all over the globe!

All in all, a great evening! A good dinner with a friend, sharing vegan options with new friends and now…on my way to pick up CKM at the airport for the weekend! Wahoo!

{September 16, 2016} I just got called what?

I just got cussed out by a homeless woman!

DLP and I were heading to meet LJ and some other people for dinner. I had leftover lunch so I was looking for someone to give it to.

Normally, when i see someone who looks like they might be hungry,I ask and then give them my food. This woman…I asked if she was hungry and she proceeded to shout at me!

“I already ate!” OK, so I started to walk away, then…”what’s wrong with you, you whore!” Well, I thought she called me a whore, apparently she called me slut and she was calling DLP a whore! Alrighty then! Oh, then she accused DLP of following a white woman down the street!

I think I’ve seen her, well, heard her, cussing other people out before, I guess we’re now part of a club…

She just kept going, screaming her head off at one or both of us as she walked down the street! I didn’t hear everything as I was walking away to find someone to give my food to, he was appreciative, by the way, thankfully!

The people you meet in the street!

{September 14, 2016} I ate deep dish!

Oh my, but it was fabulous!
I have been getting vegan restaurant recommendations since I got to Chicago and I’ve tried a few of them, so far all good. Tonight I tried another and was not disappointed!

KP and I were going to see sketch comedy and one of the places near the theatre was Kitchen 17, which was on my list and I’m so glad we went!

We ordered a “garbage” deep dish pizza and a buffalo “chicken” sandwich. If you don’t know what a garbage pie is, it’s basically everything, meat and veggies on one piece. The sauce was tangy, which KP loved. It also had ricotta, mozzarellaand some other goodness!

Since Chicago is known for deep dish pizza and I was disappointed that I wouldn’t be able to have some, think I was happy? You bet your sweet bippie!

One of the best parts, aside from having a non-vegan or meat eating friend share..this meat eating friend loved it! So it’s not just me saying it!

Will I be going again? Oh yeah! Want to come with me?

{September 13, 2016} Yea Hilton

Score another one Hilton, you came thru.

I arrived in Chicago 30 minutes early this morning, how often does that happen? We landed at 430am, I collected my things from baggage claim and headed to my hotel.

I didn’t have hopes higher than changing into work clothes, storing my bags and hanging out somewhere until I could go to the office.

Turns out they had a room available for me, a king suite, score! Up to the room, jammies on, finally falling asleep after 30 minutes and getting about three hours of sleep. Ahhhh…

Then off to the office slightly refreshed, had a decent day and didn’t fall flat on my face.

Yes, I’m a spoiled Hilton girl, can you blame me?

{September 11, 2016} Leaving home…

It’s been a while since i didn’t really want to leave home.

And it’s been a while since i felt that way, it’s nice and sad all at the same time. I had a great week, actually it’s been eleven days that I was in Hawaii with PSM and its been terrific. And now that we have a home together and I don’t have a place anywhere else, this is home.

And now, when i leave, I’m not sure when I’ll get back, due to schedule and finances, but we’re doing everything we can to see each other and be together. Definitely more often than the last few months, that’s been a challenge, let’s just say.

Does this mean that every time I come home it’s like a mini vaca? Sounds good to me!

Now, I say aloha and mahalo and head on to the plane. See you soon PSM.

Aloha.

{September 10, 2016} The family is back together…ahh

PSM got home tonight, yeah!

The tables were turned this week, I was at home and PSM was traveling. I picked him up at the airport and we went off in search of adventure.

First stop? Furniture shopping, you’re jealous, I know! But we bought a bedroom suite, we really needed it, poor PSM has been sleeping on a futon mattress on the floor since we moved, that will not do! It’s being delivered tomorrow morning, the guy really wanted me to be able to sleep on it at least one night before i head back on the road.

Then it was a drive and a very nice long walk down the beach. Walking and talking, catching up, talking about everything and nothing, watching the sun go down with everyone else.

There actually aren’t a lot of places to eat in the beach so we went to a place we’d been before. The server was very nice, and funny, always a plus.

Then a nice walk back to the car, getting caught in a rain storm… with the you down on the car! Home to spend quality time with the puppy and lights out! He couldn’t tell you if her was coming or going!

It’s going to be tough to leave on Sunday, but it will be nice to come home again.

{September 9, 2016} Where’s Nemo? Dori? Let’s look

Today was one activity, crazy, I know!

We all got up way to early for vacation! Not telling, but some people don’t get up this early for work.

We had breakfast, hung out at the pool for a bit, then headed to the catamaran for our snorkle outing.

While we’re there and yesterday when we were zip lining I thought, duh! You forgot the go-pro! Then i realized…i live here, i can do this again!

Granted, unless LJ and JD are back with me, no pictures of them snorkling, but lesson learned, bring it with me everywhere!

We had a great time! It was about 45 minutes to the other side of the island, snorkle for about 45 minutes, we saw schools of fish, sea turtles, dolphins, eels, fabulous!

After snorkeling, there was lunch and drinks, loaded and unloaded. Then they raised the sails and we headed back to where we started.

More pool time, then showers and head to the airport. A great way to wrap up two great days!

{September 8, 2016} What a day! Maui, ziplining and a luau, oh my!

It really was a great day! Only thing missing.. PSM, he’s in St Loius for work.

LJ is in Hawaii this week with her family and we knew we wanted to get tougher, so I flew to Maui this morning on Hawaiian Airlines, it’s a quick 40 minute flight.

We met up at the Hyatt on the other side of the island, I met her bf, JD and her parents, all very lovely people.

Bathing suits on, first order of business… the pool. A lovely little wouldn’t you say? I am still floored at this phone’s camera!!!

After the pool and the infinity pool, back to the room to change and off to ziplining. Oh my, so much fun!! I had done some ziplining on a small scale, when i was doing a challenge with a group, but not like this, amazing! When are we going again?

We did the medium zip, a trek up the mountain in a van, get set up with our equipment, back in the van for the first stop then zip, hike, zip, hike eight times, then van, remove equipment, van back down.

After ziplining, off for margaritas, chips and guac, we worked up quite a thirst and hunger.

Then back to the hotel too shower and get ready for the big luau! It was awesome! Great entertainment, fire, dancing, singing, food! They even made me a vegan plate!

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After the luau, a nice walk along the beach and dime quality time chatting. Next order of business… passing out!

What’s tomorrow hold??

{September 6, 2016} A good caregiver

PSM always wants to make sure I’m ok, take care of me. This morning, he got it ten fold!

I don’t know if I’ve told you, but I suffer frm migraines. I used to get them a lot more often, but now when i get them, they happen fast, I mean fast. I had just gotten up to say good morning and it hit. I had a shooting pain in my head and i couldn’t see or stand up straight. Ouch!

PSM knew exactly what to do and ran to the bathroom to get some Excedrin Migraine and water. Then he led me back to bed, cold compress and pressure where I needed it. I drifted back to sleep for a bit, then when he checked on me asked if I was hungry, amazingly i was.

I was in luck, omelets are a specialty, so an asparagus and cheese omelette with toast and hot tea were on the menu. Let’s just say yum! I was feeling on the mend.

The rest of the day was spent relaxing together on the couch before he headed to the airport. It’s not easy dealing with someone who is out of sorts, thank you.

{September 5, 2016} Beautiful… ouch…ahhh

A beautiful day…an invigorating hike…then oops… then ahhh..

It’s been fabulous so far, I will tell you more very soon, but today we went on a nice hike towards a bird sanctuary.

We waited out the rain while we waited for A&B to met us. They are the daughter and son – in – law of good friends, JLWB and GB, who were transferred here about a month ago. They are both in the Army and live on one of the bases on the other side of the island.

We met up and headed to this park on the North Shore and started walking, it was hot and dry on this side, big difference from where we came from. The view is breathtaking, I dont really know anywhere it isn’t!…Beautiful

We started walking and.. you know me, I didn’t turn my ankle.. this time, I went down “on my personality”, as it were…butt [pun intended]… the phone was ok! Priorities!

I got some nice scrapes, looks more like a biking scrape, but something to talk about! And of course, this was in the first quarter mile, go figure! Moving on!…ouch!

We hiked about 2+ miles to the end, about 3/4 of the way hit the fence to go into the sea bird and monk seal sanctuary. Saw none, oh well… but the rainbow at the end… worth it!…ahhh

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