ChiTown Livin'

I must start out by apologizing for leaving this blog to a very boring existence for a number of weeks (I couldn't bear to count).

Where do I start?

Okay....it all started with a more than 12 hour wait in LaGuardia Airport as I was flying stand by and there were showers in Chicago which caused numerous flight cancellations and thus minimizing my chances of getting a free seat on the planes that left every hour...trying times...

BUT ALAS!!! I made it to Chicago by midnight on Saturday, July 19, 2008 (I got to ride first class). A momentous occasion that merited many "Thank You, Father"s and "Never again will I fly stand by"s...but the point is...I made it.

Since then..this is what has happened:
-I had my first all day corporate interview
-I got my first corporate job offer ever
-I had my very first wedding gig
-I got to see what a typical day at Careerbuilder.com for an employee looks like (enticed me for a minute..but no)
-I wrote a song about being stuck in LaGuardia (stay tuned for its youtube appearance)
-I sailed on a friend of a friend's boat on Lake Michigan and got to see Chicago in its awesome pulchritude during the most delicate hours of the Chicago's crepuscule
-I shopped for the first time at Costco (a very overwhelmingly pleasurable experience)
-I joined an amazing church
-I joined a high quality gym
-I met Kindred the Family Soul
-I met MC Lyte
-I was asked out on a date by Wyclef Jean's cousin
-I bought my very first Hawaiian Breeze fan
-I became addicted to the Showtime show..."Weeds"...go figure...and isn't Conrad freakin' gorgeous?
-I went to Lincoln Park's free conservatory and zoo (don't knock a day at the zoo- fun for ALL ages...no matter how many times you've been)
-I bought a new ipod
-I rode the El(evated) for the first time by myself (this is what the native Chicagoans call the train...whatever...)

Yea...just a glimpse into my 2 weeks of ChiTown livin'. More interesting things to come. I hope.

Stay smooth...