Our first Valentine's Day weekend as a married couple was quite lovely. We made some plans in advance, amazingly, and crossed some stuff of our lists.
After a very sweet (and I don't just mean nice, I mean Sugary) breakfast of cream-cheese french toast, we relaxed for the afternoon. We even played Smash... how romantic!
For the evening's entertainment, we went to Addis Abeba, probably our favorite Ethiopian restaurant here. It's right next to Wrigley Field, so it can get very busy at times, but it's very good. They gave us exactly the right amount of food -- many times when we go out for Ethiopian food I get unhealthily stuffed, but that didn't happen this time. There was even room for creme caramel, something I hadn't tried before. For something with "caramel" in the name, it's quite edible.
After a brief stopover at the bookstore down the street, we went to see Baby Wants Candy at Improv Olympic. BWC is an improvised musical, which may frighten you, but these guys were very good. First, there was a group performing a Harold (basically, an improvised play where the performers do scenes and have to figure out some way to tie them all together and finish), then a short game based on the day of an unfortunate audience member, and finally the musical. The musical (created from an obnoxious heckler-type guy's suggestion of "Bad Gas") was the best part, but the whole thing was excellent.
We're looking forward to checking out some of Chicago's other improv troupes, as well as going back to IO some time.
You know? When you're right, you're right.
Posted by Joe at February 23, 2004 10:20 AM
That may have been my best Valentine's Day ever, by the way, my love.
Posted by Lisa at February 23, 2004 6:57 AM