Busy Summer Weekend

This last weekend was a good summer weekend which included a lot of friends and a few mishaps.

Friday evening began with a bang... a huge thunderstorm, that is! As a result, our big-gay beach volleyball league was cancelled, yet again! We've already had 5 weeks of no volleyball due to weather, holidays, and 'bye' weeks. Hopefully we'll get a few more matches in before the end of the summer! Just to make sure Friday wasn't a total bust, the team decided to eat at Fontana Grill & Wine Bar on Wilson. It's a great little restaurant with an amazing outdoor patio (which was closed due to the weather, of course) and spectacular brick-oven pizza. We ate and drank and were merry... but hadn't had enough so went out to Scott's Bar for more libations. The evening was still 'young' so we ended up at Berlin for some late-night dancing... it was great! What wasn't so great was leaving my Motorola Droid cellphone in the cab on the way home. Unfortunately, at 3 in the morning, I forgot to do my usual 'get-out-of-the-cab-and-turn-and-look-at-the-seat-for-anything-I-might-have-left-behind-before-closing-the-door' routine. I will miss it, but even more so, I will miss all of the great pictures I had taken over the last 4 months... *sigh*

Because of my loss, Saturday began with getting a new phone from Best Buy (my favorite place in the world!). Hello to the new LG Ally! A good phone so far and I was able to get all my contact's information just by logging into my Google account! Thank you Android OS!
Saturday evening I spent with my new friend from CRU, Steve. We ate up in Wilmette at Convito Cafe & Market. It is a cute little restaurant and foodie store located in Plaza del Lago. I had a Cosmo, a lyonnaise salad and a pizza (again... couldn't help myself). I was also, by far, the only non-white customer there... at least there were the busboys! After dinner we went to Gillson park to watch The Sound of Music being performed by the Starlight Theater of Wilmette. My cousin Anita was performing in it as the Mother Superior... and boy was she awesome! She let those high notes soar! It was a pleasant evening and wonderful to see the Silverts, again.

Sunday began slowly as I allowed myself to sleep in. I then made an important trip to the 'Jewels' to get some supplies for the beach... ingredients to make strawberry & guava vodka lemonade.... They were TASTY! The afternoon was spent at the beach with friends from rowing, chorus, and misc. Perfect weather + Great friends = Good for the soul! :)

Overall, a great weekend!