Amazosity (a-may-zaw-city) – An amazing monstrosity. Don’t you know anything?

You have to do the following if you want to understand: 1) Go to the Chicago Spire website 2) Mumble something like “Oh my… Jesus… What the… wow….” 3) forget about your life before that point 4) Pupils will dilate due to intense wishing and imagining 5) Faint 6) Continue reading ‘In Anatshell’.

Within the first few minutes of discovering the Spire.  Some questions immediately came to mind.  Does it have a spiral elevator? I don’t know.  Will there be a wicked restaurant at the top? Probably. If there is, will they have most expensive Edamame appetizer ever? Yes.  Will they give you a complementary segway just for renting a place? How much will it cost? Can I make that much by then? Can I marry someone who already makes that much? Yes… Now I’m relaxed.  Hopefully, it won’t come to this but at least I can be relaxed knowing that my dream is attainable… *sigh*

Back to reality (kind of).  Yesterday I was at the Opera from 7:30PM until 11:15PM.  I had no idea that it was going to be so long and my stomach was clapping on its own by the end; however, after the first intermission I was feeling quite entertained so it was ok.  My clever scheme got me student tickets to the Opera for $20 (See www.anatscleverschemetogetoperaticketsfortwentydollars.com).  It’s literally 5 minutes from my house and if I had Palins’ accent I would say that ‘I can see the Opera from my house’.  I saw Manon which is about a French chick who fell in love, ran away with a guy, betrayed him, married someone else, regretted it, found the first guy and got him back, went gambling to get money, won, was accused of cheating, got sent to prison, died in the first guys arms.  I’m fairly certain that you won’t find a description quite like mine in the literature but that is the bottom line.  There were actually several comic moments, a lot of them as a matter of fact.  Thank god there were subtitles, otherwise I wouldn’t understand a word except for ‘Manon’ which was said approx. 5,329 times throughout the production.

Now for some Chicago restaurant reviews

Petterino’s – Right next to the theatre, I went here with my friend Didi after we went clothes shopping and she was starving.  I chose not to have an entrée but instead had tomato soup, a blue cheese side salad and a sweet potato.  I have to say that I was stuffed by the time we were out of there and it was very tasty.  Unfortunately, they aren’t in Rewards Network so I’m guessing it’s the last time I’ll eat there.

Usagi Ya – This is a Rewards Network restaurant with good sushi.  I went here on a Ride-A-Long which is a fancy name for driving along with a sales rep to meet restaurant owners.  The owner was very nice and I love sushi so…

Indian Garden – This experience has been ground breaking for me. I have decided after taking a long hard look at my life, that I just don’t like Indian food.  Ethnic foods are always fun to have on occasion and everything else doesn’t leave me smelling bad. Therefore if given the choice of feeling 20lbs heavier and smelling for 24 hours after a meal or not, I choose not.  The food may have been good but it was my last Indian meal ever. Unless I go to India… (Restaurant is not in the Rewards Network program)

Star Of Siam – This is a yummy Thai restaurant.  I don’t remember what I ordered but I did get the spring rolls with my friend as an appetizer and it was really tasty.  It’s in the program so I may go back at some point.

Now for the spotlight – Berry Chill!
I haven’t been to the actual place but when I was at an Oktoberfest festival last week, they had a stand and I got some.  It’s frozen yogurt basically where you can choose your toppings.  Check out their website and yes, they are in the program. Yummm! (and healthy by the way)

Not to sounds like an advertisement but if you live in the US, you should sign up for Rewards Network.  It’s free, we have great restaurants and you get rewards.

I’ll end this post with a very strange thing that my bank does on their website when you log in.  Maybe someone can help me understand what my bank is trying to say here.

What’s with the monkey??