Wednesday, September 3, 2008

chicago trip

Chicago

Al's cafe and creamery. YUMMMMY!

Yoli at Al's

An old high school friend -Paul

The Gasthaus.. I drank one too many Jack and Cokes here and got a bit crazy. Made a few new friends....

A funny game warning

Twin glasses- David ... He's coming to visit soon YAY!

David, my lil brother Shane, Mikey and me

My little brother Shane

The one on the right was missing-look how cool the stained glass is in the city

not far from Wrigleyfield

I love the rounded corner windows...

Cool artwork on the side of a newspaper machine

the basement of a vintage shop in Chicago

the upstairs of the vintage shop.. they had THE best vintage t-shirt collection. none were for sale tho ;o(

More pics inside the vintage shop

This post had one too many bills posted!

Love this vintage shop -Hollywood Mirror

I bought the Evil Knievel (sp?) had on the lower left and the monkey one in the pic below but somewhere between Oberweiss ice cream shop and yoli's house I lost them.. so sad! UGH!

this rad building was for rent.. look at the details on the door knobs below

There was a Cubs game so it was a bit hectic downtown

These city busses had to have gone on for at least a mile....row after row of busses waiting for all the ballpark peeps

These bleachers are on top of townhomes behind the baseball field.

Cool old Chicago buildings

This guy had a TON of cans

I finally got to meet my friend Kenne's cute lil daughter Caiden. She's so funny and so adorable! His wife is so pretty and she's expecting baby #2!! Hopefully it doesnt take me 3 years to meet the next baby ;o)

Taking my lil brothers old 50s bike for a ride

Shane and his bike

Shanes new house in Elgin. It's pretty nice and the whole basement is finished off.

I have always loved the old houses in Elgin.. so RAD!

wowowowow

The details on this house were out of this world!

see!!!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That vintage shop is cool as crap. The sesame street display creeps me out though.

You tattoos are great. Have you done a post showcasing them?

Cheers,
Tracey

Emily said...

Ooo, super awesome houses! I love the residential architecture in Chicago, it's ever-so-slightly *different.*