Friday – went to the Hilton with Fat Johnny and Connors to pick up various World Series tickets from Heather. Went to the World Series gala with Heather, tavist, davelippy, Jamie, brian81773 , and Rak. Great food and open bar.
Saturday morning I woke early, packed, and then headed to Midway. My flight to Burbank was at 10:50, but swifty0682 was flying in earlier, so the plan was to meet around 9 am for breakfast.
Of course, I arrived at the airport around 8:30 to discover that my flight was delayed until 12:15. Nice.
Had a tasty breakfast of Potbelly’s with Swifty, and then (eventually) flew into Burbank, Johnny. mteson and bluemekka picked me up at the airport. We stopped by Fry’s, where achocolate fountain{.snap_shots} was purchased, and Marcelo even deigned to visit In-N-Out{.snap_shots} for me. Last-minute partay prep, and then it was Fidelio time.
I dressed as Dr. Strangelove{.snap_shots}, Marcelo as Humbert Humbert{.snap_shots}, and Audra was Leelee Sobieski’s character{.snap_shots} from Eyes Wide Shut. It was a pleasant soiree, mellow and lightly attended, but fantastic costumes{.snap_shots}.
Sunday featured hot cookout action and the return of drewfansler from his South Side pilgrimage. Marcelo and I watched some movies and some Curb.
For those of you keeping score at home, I will be in Burbank until Wednesday, then I’ll be jetting over to Denver. I’ll be hanging out with kathy_skadoo and the other Denver folks until Nov 1, when I’ll fly out to Minneapolis, returning to Chicago on Nov 5. Fun!