I dressed up like Zorro for Halloween. I had my mask and sword. Took the 'El' to the North/Clybourn stop. There were so many people in costumes on the subway which was funny. I waited for Lilly to meet me at the station. We went to Sedgwicks Bar in Lincoln Park where we met up with our co-workers, Josh Bulak, Alison Basista, Wayne Onak, and Tony Dragel. Josh dressed up like the Chef on South Park. Tony was a Cubs player. Wayne dressed up like Clint Eastwood. The guys were disappointed because many of the girls at the party were lesbians. It was so funny.
After work on Friday, I took the orange line to Midway airport for my flight on Southwest airlines to Columbus, Ohio, to visit my friend Shawn Young. This was the first time I had flown by myself, if you can believe that. Shawn met me at the airport in Columbus. She had bought a new Honda Civic, which was so nice. She showed me around downtown Columbus, where she worked, and German village. We ate at BW3. We walked over to Banana Joes, which was a dance club.
Her apartment was in the suburb, Pickerington. We stayed up talking until 3 a.m.
On Saturday, Shawn and I drove around Pickerington and then to Columbus. We stopped at this neat coffee shop and had hot chocolate. We had lunch at this delicious Mexican restaurant. We went shopping at the mall in downtown Columbus.
On Sunday, we went to the same coffee shop. She took me for lunch at this delicious German shop. I had an Italian sandwich which was out of this world. She drove me around Ohio State University to see what it looked like. I flew out in the late afternoon back to Chicago, where my roommate, Katy, picked me up.
It was a glorious day today. I went to pick up Joe from Union Station. He was dressed so fine. He had on his black jean baggy pants and white Bosse polo shirt. We walked along Canal St over the bridges. We walked down Madison to State and over to Randolph St to the Garrett popcorn. The popcorn machine caught on fire and one of the workers had to extinguish it out. Then, we walked down Michigan Ave and I showed him my old apartment on Dearborn. Then, we walked down Elm St to Lakeshore Dr, through Lincoln Park, and down Clark to my apartment on Cornelia. He said he wanted to walk. He was exhausted when he got to my apartment. I was used to walking far distances, so it wasn't as big of a deal. He got a kick out of my bunny slippers.
Showed him around my apartment. We sat in my room and played double solitaire which was fun. Then, we took the 'El' to the Chicago stop and had dinner at Joe's Crabshack. On our 'El' ride, a couple got on at Fullerton and started fist fighting. It scared me. Joe said he felt like he was on the 'Cops' show.
We went back to my apartment and he showed me tricks with my hands. He remembered I was ticklish on my back. I never laughed so hard. We watched the movie 'Dark City' which confused us. We watched Saturday Night Live and Abbott and Costello.
Then, it was time for him to take the train back. We took a cab back to Union Station.
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