New Year and Fresh Snow

So, I've been incredibly lazy and am just getting around to blogging New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Justin and I spent NYE in Chicago. Justin and I stayed at the Congress Plaza Hotel on Michigan Ave with our friends, Ryan and Megan. After getting ready at the hotel we started at Chubby Larry's Lounge and Sports Bar (aka Derek, Ben, and Phil's House). Unfortunately Justin and I had too much to drink at Chubby Larry's and weren't able to enjoy Duffy's Bar as we had expected, but we did get our money's worth out of our hotel room. We ushered in 2005 asleep! (That's what we get for not eating more than cheese and crackers for dinner).

New Year's Day was spent at Will's Northwoods Inn, a "sconie" bar to watch the Badger butt-kicking. Derek had such a good time he stayed for around 14 hours. The rest of us headed back to "Larry's" to enjoy burritos and pizza. And then later we met for a marathon dinner at Rock Bottom downtown and then bar hopped around. While Justin and I didn't really celebrate 2005 until we woke that morning, it has been great so far.

And then we skip ahead to today. It didn't snow here until just before Christmas and from what I've been told, Wisconsin hasn't gotten much snow the last several years. So we finally got some snow recently. Luckily we don't have anywhere to go and have been able to enjoy the white landscape through our bay window rather than trudging around in it.