Weekend Recap - Labor day 2011

 This past weekend was our last summer-hours Friday and a long 3-day holiday.

It was overall kind of a lazy weekend. BF's brother (DM) was in town from Wyoming and the two of them helped their mom with a garage sale. I got introduced to the new Purdue bar in Wrigleyville (Red Ivy). I headed up that way with BF's BFF who lives below him, DJ. We met up with a bunch of the other Kappa Sigma's for pizza and beer. I was originally extremely disappointed that no one would drive down to Purdue with me for the game, however it ended up being a very good thing. They were reporting heat indexes of 116 in the stadium, plus there were torrential down pours that swept the region in the late afternoon.

After the game, DJ and I grabbed 5 Guys before meeting BF back at the apartment for a lazy movie night. BF's brother came in and got to spend some good time with his old college buddies. 

Sunday morning we introduced DM to the Twisted Spoke and this:

Because I can't remember what it's actually called, I'll just go with the 'Baconator'..

I'm sad to report that my diet went WAY down hill this weekend...We also took DM to BF's favorite Italian bakery - Superior Bakery. It re-opened a few years ago, but it's an old neighborhood bakery that his grand parents used to use growing up in the Italian village in South Chicago.
That afternoon we kind of just bummed around after DM let to head up to Rockford to hang out with friends. DJ, BF, and I then decided we were going to grill out and proceed to make a menu and head to the grocery store:

They were really excited...

I made Tyler Florence's potato salad, and we had sausage and corn on the cob. PS that potato salad is super easy, and very tastey (highly recommend it!)
A lot of the guys came over and we enjoyed the cold front that came through.
Monday was spent cleaning and doing laundry out at BF's parents house in Naperville.
All in all, it was a very relaxing weekend.... and some how I always end up more tired than when we started.
What did y'all do for the holiday weekend? Did anyone go to their team's season opener? Do you have any tailgating traditions that you're continuing (that I might be able to copy ;) )?

Weekend Recap: Moving Day!

This past weekend was the big MOVING day! I had signed my lease last Monday and have been moving things over slowly throughout the week. I hired movers for the first time to handle all the furniture, mostly because I was moving from a first floor to a second floor:

Good Bye Old Kitchen...

Good Bye Old Living Room...

Good Bye Old Dining room...

What's really funny is I will NOT be missing this place.... I was scared living by myself on the first floor all year... I swear I didn't sleep a full night, EVER!

And My NEW apartment is GORGEOUS! I'll send pictures as soon as everything gets organized. As I got everything moved in and organized BF had to run some errands, but he came back with groceries and dinner. He went to Whole Foods (which I typically and not a fan of due to their extraordinary pricing structure and 'organic' scheme) however BF got these really tasty sushi rolls and a veggie pizza. Overall it was very tasty! Sunday BF had plans to take his dad bike riding out in Naperville, so we got up super early and went to breakfast (in the hopes of beating the Father's Day crow). 

We went to this place:

It's located less than 2 miles from my new place!

I was really bad... I was so hungry I forgot to take pictures of our plates... but I got the Southern Benedict... AMAZING-NESS! I was only able to eat about half....

After wards, I proceed to run errands as BF went to spend time with his dad. I've been keen on getting a grill for MONTHS now... so I did some research and was pleasantly surprised. I called Home Depot AND Lowe's and both of the told me to go with this grill at Sears (Employee Discount... SCORE!). I got the propane tank... and fire extinguisher (I was so pleased with Home Depot's honesty, I bought the extinguisher from them!).

BEFORE

AFTER!

I had some friends over and it was just overall a very chill weekend! I am super excited to be back on the second floor, all moved, and ready to get focused again!

How was your Father's Day weekend? What'd you get your dad?