I finally fixed my site. Turns out the mysql database changed its name without telling me. What have I been up to, you ask? I went to Chicago over Columbus Day weekend. I had fun, as usual, but I didn’t take too many pictures. We did lots of shopping! We were in Wicker Park where I saw a sign for an “Artists’ Street Market.” I dragged Brian over only to find out that it the “street market” was a gravel-paved alley with four tables. No loss though. B picked up a hand-silkscreened sweatshirt by this artist. Here he is wearing it while drinking some local beer:

We even found a bar (Wicker Park Tavern) where you buy a beer for $4 and you get a burger and fries for $1. $1!
The next day, we went to Evanston where I got a nice fall jacket. I showed it to my sister, who said it “looks like it could have come from a thrift store.” Is that good or bad? My mom borrowed my camera, so I don’t have a picture for you to judge. Anyway, I also bought some pretty yarn.

It’s Manos del Uruguay, handspun & dyed by a women’s collective in Uruguay. I’ve wanted some for a long time; they have the prettiest colors but it’s $13 a ball! Evanston is also putting in a “cereal bar.” Don’t ask me what that means.

Unfortunately, we did not eat dinner at the cereal bar. But we did eat at this lovely Chinese-Japanese restaurant where we sat by a cool painting of Chairman Mao.
I also got some new shoes. I’ve worn them a bunch already and got lots of compliments.

And after I finished buying Chicago, it was time to come home. Back to work, back to the grind. I gotta run and go watch LOST, but here’s a picture of the gloves that I made:

It was the most stressful knitting project I’ve done yet – those fingers drove me crazy. But now that I have them I love them, and a girl in the office thought they were so cool that she went out and bought some [so she could be like me]. LOST and decaf chai are calling me. Til next time, my friends.