Said my very dear friend Andrew to me via text the other day.
You see, Andrew and his girlfriend are going to be in Illinois next month for his brother's wedding. I am super excited to see him since it's been almost a year, and I can't wait to meet his girlfriend!
Anywho, we were discussing our options for the couple of days they'll be in Chicago. I was rattling off tons of fun suggestions; Cubs games, brewery tours, boat tours, restaurant ideas, fun bars, comedy clubs etc. when Andrew dropped the "city snob" bomb on me. I know he was totally joking, and I quipped back something about "once you go city you never go back." And I sort of don't ever want to. ;)
However, you all know (or should know) that I am the furthest thing from a city elitist. I've only lived here for about 5 months for crying out loud. I'm a transplant, and I think it's incredibly funny when city people get all hoity toity and preachy about how *gasp* they would NEVER live in the suburbs.
Yes, I understand their love of Chicago. I love it too. I love it more every single day. Chicago has the beaches of Lake Michigan which have allowed me to fulfill my dream of living on the water at the ripe old age of 26. (Lake Michigan is not exactly the water that I had in mind, but God has quite the sense of humor, methinks.)
Chicago has incredible food, great music, gorgeous art, friendly people, stunning architecture, etc etc. but I certainly can't say that it is the greatest city in the world, or that there's nowhere else I'd rather live....eventually. I can only say that I feel uber lucky to be here right now, at this point in my life, and I am going to explore the shit out of this city. And I'm gonna show friends around proudly when they visit. And I'm gonna live it up while Will and I live here, because I want to have beautiful memories of our time here in the Windy City.
xoxo,
Emme
You see, Andrew and his girlfriend are going to be in Illinois next month for his brother's wedding. I am super excited to see him since it's been almost a year, and I can't wait to meet his girlfriend!
Anywho, we were discussing our options for the couple of days they'll be in Chicago. I was rattling off tons of fun suggestions; Cubs games, brewery tours, boat tours, restaurant ideas, fun bars, comedy clubs etc. when Andrew dropped the "city snob" bomb on me. I know he was totally joking, and I quipped back something about "once you go city you never go back." And I sort of don't ever want to. ;)
However, you all know (or should know) that I am the furthest thing from a city elitist. I've only lived here for about 5 months for crying out loud. I'm a transplant, and I think it's incredibly funny when city people get all hoity toity and preachy about how *gasp* they would NEVER live in the suburbs.
Yes, I understand their love of Chicago. I love it too. I love it more every single day. Chicago has the beaches of Lake Michigan which have allowed me to fulfill my dream of living on the water at the ripe old age of 26. (Lake Michigan is not exactly the water that I had in mind, but God has quite the sense of humor, methinks.)
Chicago has incredible food, great music, gorgeous art, friendly people, stunning architecture, etc etc. but I certainly can't say that it is the greatest city in the world, or that there's nowhere else I'd rather live....eventually. I can only say that I feel uber lucky to be here right now, at this point in my life, and I am going to explore the shit out of this city. And I'm gonna show friends around proudly when they visit. And I'm gonna live it up while Will and I live here, because I want to have beautiful memories of our time here in the Windy City.
xoxo,
Emme
That's hysterical! Remember when I gave you a hard time about not wanting to drive a half hour to get to Target!? Living in a big city definately has it perks, that's for sure. Bryan and I keep debating on whether or not we want to do city (though not on the Chicago scale by any means!), or country for our next house. I keep telling him... I want to be close to a YMCA, by a movie theatre, by somewhere we could actually pop in a see a play on a weeknight an not have to make it a 40 minute commute, and for heavens sake by a grocery store that I might be able to WALK to, lol! We'll see- both can have their perks and drawbacks.
ReplyDeleteYes it does have a LOT of perks, but you definitely have to weigh your options carefully! And I think once we decide we're ready to have a baby we'll want to be back in the country. But who really knows!? Can't wait til our float trip; it is going to be a weekend to remember! Love you sissy!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait either! They are saying the water levels are really low, so we may have to go on a different river now! Crazy! But I'll keep you updated. Oh, and if you and Will get here early enough on Friday they are having the county fair starting Thursday, so we could do the demo derby Friday night (think it starts at 7 pm)!! It's so much fun, I'm not even gonna deny that I like demo-derby action! LOL! Love ya.
ReplyDeleteOh well, if we have to go on the other river then so be it! :) Not sure what time we'll arrive on Friday, but I will keep you updated! The fair would be lots of fun. :) We may stop by Cher's to see Al before we head down!
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