my random ramblingsan infrequent (and these days, mostly Mira related…) blog

more shopping for the family, more work for me. Лена and i grabbed dinner alone across the street at the sushi place while the parents stayed home with Mira.

still working from home – hooray! parents got adventurous and wanted to try Indian for dinner. drove the family out to Devon Street and had a great meal at Tiffin. interesting part of town, nice to finally have a reason to visit.

late afternoon walk to the Sears Tower and a trip up to the 103rd floor for some incredible views of the city. fun time taking pictures on the glass balconies. water taxi up the river to Michigan Ave., grabbed an early dinner at Howells and Hood. back home for football.

drove to the zoo and spent the entire afternoon visiting the poor animals. stopped by the conservatory next door before leaving. dinner at home for a change.

lazy day at home, sent the others out shopping without me again. sushi dinner across the street, just Лена and i. nice having babysitters.

afternoon walk up Michigan all the way to the Oak St. beach. dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, where i had the waiters sing happy birthday to Mira.

borscht for lunch courtesy of Лена’s mom. late walk to the Buckingham Fountain, then back toward the bean. dinner at the Park Grill and back home late.

2 pm at the doctor for Mirana’s checkup with Лена and her mom. Mira’s doing great, weighs almost 16 lbs. but am always sorry to see her get shots. treated to a big storm in the evening with some fantastic lightning. couldn’t go out late due to the storm so had pizza delivered from Malnati’s, which was excellent as always.

another day with more of the same – parents and Лена shopping and me working. ended up in Greektown for dinner at Santorini.

again working all morning and into early afternoon. late afternoon made our way to the Michigan Avenue bridge to hang a lock, as we had intended the day before. surprised Лена’s parents with one for them to hang as well. picked up a set of cognac glasses at Crate and Barrel – a sweet anniversay present from the parents. dinner at the Grand Lux Cafe which we all liked, especially the beignets.