Last night, B took me on the best date I've ever been on. For reals. We'd been talking about ice skating because he loves it and hasn't gone in a while. So before I left for Florida, we said we'd go when I got back. Long story short, I picked him up late afternoon yesterday (he doesn't have a car, and he lives like 8 blocks from me, and it was too cold to take the train, so this was the obvious choice), and we ended up at Waveland & Clark in Wrigleyville to skate! The rink is in the corner lot in that intersection, and is a stone's throw from the stadium.
After paying for me to skate and for my skate rental, he helped me lace up my skates (quite well, too!), and we hit the rink. It was amazing. SO much fun. For the first 10 or 15 minutes we were the only ones there, and then two small families, a couple, and a loner dude with headphones joined us. It was never crowded, and while the rink wasn't the best quality of smoothed ice, B is quite the skater. For reals. ETA (Edited to Add): when he got in the car, he had two hand warmers for me, prepped and ready to be put in my mittens.
B taught me to skate backwards, worked with me to be able to put one foot over the other when turning, and spun me in circles. We took a break for hot chocolate & popcorn (free!!!) and skated some more.
To warm up afterward, we hit up a bar in Lakeview (at Sheffield & Roscoe, can't remember what it was called), where he bought me dinner (buffalo chicken sliders (on special for 4 for $3!) & waffle fries!) and Diet Coke. Then we headed to my apartment so I could kick his butt in 3 rounds of Wii Jeopardy!
Basically the best date ever.
In other news, I've been granny squaring like crazy. Working on Ann's wedding afghan. I'd like to have it finished by the end of the month...we'll see about that!
so glad you've really settled in here in chicago! we need to hang out soon, lady. :)
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