22 July 2010
At first, neither of us could remember precisely where we were going to or returning from when I snapped this photo. As it’s my only photo from this day, I struggled with the memories until I figured it out. I worked in the glass studio during the day, and Kyle worked online. The plan was to take Kyle to dinner at Jose’s Blue Sombrero in Racine because we could delay no longer in introducing him to the fabulous guacamole and the immense choice of customizable margaritas. The weather turned nasty between the planning of dinner and the trip up there, and a number of our party decided to stay home. Something about tornado warnings and such .. psha! We were undaunted … there was tequila to be had! Kelly met us there, since she was already out and about, and we had a great dinner, with the stormy skies all around us. After dinner, (we’d been inside for much of the rain) Kyle and I drove downtown to meet friends for a drink at Ivanhoe’s—our first visit there since the non-smoking law went into effect. And, wow! What a difference new carpeting, a coat of paint and a good cleaning can make! We were very impressed.
The awful photo of the day today was taken on the way home from our evening in Racine. There was beautiful, nearly constant lightning, but I was unable to capture any of it.
~MB
It’s always a little bizarre to me when my two worlds collide. Going to high school just north of Chicago & going to Bristol as an awkward, pimply youth… so that’s what I think of when you say “Racine” well, that and the Kenosha outlet malls… but then there’s the picture of the fabulously fashionable MB & Kyle with Ms. Dashing herself (that’s Kelly) and I can’t quite reconcile the two… I should visit the great north more often!