I'm Back!

Oh, My! What a great time I had.

Tammy and I woke up on Sunday morning, checked out of our hotel at Noon, then eat a scrumptious breakfast at Bob Evans (again).

After breakfast, we headed East about 25 miles or so to the Jeffersonville Prime Outlet Mall that my friend Blane had told me about. What was the big draw? Why, they have a Pottery Barn/Williams-Sonoma Outlet Store! Yep - many a good-buy was had by all, and we spent a couple of hours there.

By this time, it was mid-afternoon, and we thought we should be on our way back home to Chicago (Tammy usually does the drive in 6 hours or so from Dayton). However, we couldn't leave the State of Ohio without one last decadant treat: Graeters Ice Cream. We had found a Graeters Store in Centerville while we had been driving around the previous day, and decided to make it our last stop before leaving the state.

Tammy had asked me to drive that day because she was having back problems. Apparently, I have a lead foot: we made it to her house in record time: 4.5 hours!


Monday was a day for relaxing, visiting with friends, and Chicago Food! We had a late lunch with Eileen which consisted of Chicago Style Hot Dogs. Yum! (Hi Eileen! As you predicted, the photo made it onto the blog)


We drove into the City on Monday night to meet my amazing friend, Jason. We ate at My Pi (that's Pi - as in the symbol) for some delicious Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza. What a treat.


Tuesday morning, we had just enough time to eat Breakfast, and make a quick trip to Costco! That's right, Costco. Your favorite store, and mine. Actually, I had introduced Tammy to the fabulous world of Costco when I came for a visit 3 years ago. She has one (with a gas station) within a mile or so of her house! There were a few items I had recommended to her, and we thought it would be fun to make one last trip together!

Here are a couple of highlights from our Costco adventure:


A HUGE stack of Xbox 360s! Where were these 3 weeks ago? (Perhaps they were always there- in Carol Stream, IL)

The BEST Light Saber EVER! (and for $80.00, it had better be the best!)
It was Super Cool! It made all the right sounds when held, being moved, and hitting something. It also came in different colors, depended on which character you wanted to be. (Blue for Luke, Red for Darth, and Purple for a Jedi Master)


We went straight from Costco to the airport where a grabbed a salad from Wolfgang Pucks, and boarded my plane.

I got home just in time for dinner: Christopher had made his famous Meatballs! Yum!

And last but not least, here's a picture of Tammy and I wearing our "road trip shirts". The "Friends don't let friends live in Ohio" shirts were a huge hit with our WGI friends. No offense to anyone who really does live there, but so many of us had moved to Ohio, and did not have a good experience! We were careful not to actually wear them in public (in Ohio) as to not offend anyone, although a couple in Indiana got a real kick out of them!



I also bought one for Mykail and gave it to him after his finals performance! He loved it. We actually met each other in 1990 when we both lived in Ohio, so it was perfect.