My kind of town

I got back last evening from my girls' weekend in Chicago. I haven't seen my high school girlfriends in more than a year...I was pregnant with EPM when we last got together...so there was lots of catching-up to do. But we do keep in touch via regular emails so we weren't behind on anything.

The weather was perfect for lots of shopping. We stayed at The Drake (www.thedrakehotel.com) and, after taking a tour of several "acceptable rooms," enjoyed our suite on the seventh floor. We worked out in the mornings, ordered room service breakfasts, shopped at Nordstrom, Bloomies, American Girl, Filene's Basement, Saks, Sephora, Sur La Table, Gap, Old Navy, Intimacy and Borders...just to name a few. We had cocktail hour in our suite, went out for wonderful meals two evenings and ordered in from "diningin.com" on the other and enjoyed being on no one else's schedule but our own.

I feel very blessed to have friends in my life who have known me for 20 years. Special thanks to Tara's husband Patrick who treated us to meals and to the hotel.

I feel incredibly blessed to have wonderful in-laws who came in town to help Zack with the kids so that I could go.

My friend Colleen called this morning to ask "Was it all a dream?" It does feel that way, less than 24 hours back into "reality," but the real reality is that I have fun, kind and generous friends in my life and I look forward to seeing them next year.

Thanks for stopping by.