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Happy Birthday to Brian!! We had some good times today here in Chicago. Our day started off early when we received a wake-up call from the hotel at 6:30am! Whoops! We didn’t order that, so my first order of business once I was ready for the day was to go down to the front desk and get assurance from the manager that that wouldn’t happen again. Oy vey!

Brian went to class in the morning, then we met up for lunch. Does anyone remember this classic SNL sketch? (You’ll have to sit through a commercial first when you click play below.)

It was based on the Billy Goat Tavern here in Chicago, so even though it’s hugely touristy, we decided to go there for lunch. Of course they’ve capitalized on their SNL-found fame…

But seriously, it’s exactly the same in there as it is in the sketch. They yelled at us for looking at the menu and everything. Good times!

After that, we walked along the Magnificent Mile for a bit, which was fun, and then Brian went back to class and I decided to head out to Wicker Park, which was also fun.

Then for the evening, we stayed in to watch Monday Night Football and the SNL special; we got room service and ate cupcakes I had procured earlier in the day from Bake For Me across the street:

They weren’t very good, actually, but that’s okay because to make up for the wake-up call, the hotel sent us this:

Thanks, hotel! You can rudely awaken us and then send us free champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries anytime.

Tomorrow I intend to sit in our room and fret all day until we can go down to Grant Park for what I certainly hope will be a VICTORY party for Barack. Don’t forget to vote!