First Blog ("Honest to Blog?!")

So, we're trying out this blogging thing because we enjoy reading up on the Wildepod so much.

We've been having a busy March. Our friends from Denver, Dave and Sara, came to visit the weekend of March 14-16. It was great to see them and catch up on what's been going on with the University of Colorado crew. After staying up way too late on Friday chatting with them, we got up early on Saturday to do some sightseeing. We went downtown to eat lunch and maybe see the famous St. Patrick's Day Parade. When we got to State Street, there were hundreds of people dressed in green and already drunk (11 am). Feeling hungry, we ducked into a famous pizza place next to Millenium Park. Surprisingly, we got right in. Plus, we didn't have to fight the crowds for the parade. We could see it on the television monitors in the restaurant. I know it might sound lame to watch a parade on television, but seriously, Chicago is COLD. I'm really glad we didn't truck down there, because it was a pretty lame parade after all.

With bellies full of pizza, we headed north on Michigan Ave. on foot. Along the way, a couple of streetcars zipped past with smiling people hurling green beaded necklaces at people on the sidewalk. Imagine being one of those drunk people I previously mentioned... "Huh? Whawusat? Lemme tell you somming." Hee hee - I like to try to write how drunk people sound. Soon, we came to the Chicago River, which gets dyed green for the day of the St. Patrick's Day Parade. What an incredible sight.

Well, that was fun. We'll do our best to keep it up. Take care!