Sunday, August 25, 2013
Slept in. Brown Line and Pink Line to Little Goat, a hip and popular diner in West Loop. Brunch with cousin Angel and her husband Jonny, and their daughter Claudia at Little Goat. One-hour wait. Smoked french fries, macaroni and cheese with breadcrumbs, tempura mashed potatoes, blueberry pancakes for Jonny, bull's eye french toast for Angel, parathas burrito for me. All the food was excellently prepared. The smoked fries are particularly addictive. Since Jamie and Matt couldn't make it, I bought some pastries from the cafe to go. Pink Line and Red Line to Osterman Beach. On the way I got lost and ended up at Fulton Beach. Matt met me by car not long after I arrived. We sat in the shade near the volleyball courts for a few hours. Afterwards stopped at Joey's Soda and Snacks (1946 West Montrose, Chicago, Illinois 60613) where I bought some gifts. Then we ate at Fountainhead: for Matt: pulled pork sandwich on pretzel roll, side of cole slaw; for me: cobb-like hearty greens, egg, bacon, buttermilk bleu cheese, carrot, red onion, cucumber, smokedchicken, yogurt ranch dressing ($12). We were pretty hungry, and this food was tasty and disappeared quickly. Then we got drinks at a bar called Scot's. Back to Jaime and Matt's place. Showered and rested. I helped Jaime back up his user folder and reinstall Windows 7 due to a corrupted user profile possibly due to a computer virus. To bed late.