Well, that was what passes for a low-key weekend for us, even if I did drag takaza out of the house a couple of times during the weekend.

I picked up Dan after work on Friday, which unfortunately ran quite late – it was about 6 PM by the time he left (I had dropped him off there at 6:30 AM that morning). It was cool, though – I was able to relax in the car and catch up on some of my neglected podcasts, and he was able to tend to some last-minute end-of-the-month accounting issues. We stopped by the post office and an interesting little food shop in Mount Prospect, then wandered around a bit trying to figure out what to do for dinner. We finally settled on Chipotle (arr num num!) then retiring back home for the evening.

Saturday, Dan slept late and it was one of those “oh, it’s 3 PM, I guess we should take a shower” kind of days. I played too much Ratchet and Clank:Up Your Arsenal (re-played, really – I finished the game last year, but it’s good enough that the replay value is excellent), then we decided to wander out in search of dinner. We wound up down at Wishbone, which was average, though the service was underwhelming. Dan’s peppercorn steak was kind of fatty, and the flavor of my grilled skirt steak was overwhelmed by the tarragon butter (!). We had a nice long walk afterwards which I enjoyed, even though the evening was a bit muggy.

Sunday was pretty much a repeat of the day before, but we motivated out of the house a bit earlier. We stopped by Best Buy and CompUSA to investigate digital SLR cameras (anyone have one we could borrow for a few days?) but their selections were lousy and just seemed far too expensive. We then went to Jewel and Lincolnwood Produce to stock up on groceries for the week. Last night, Dan made some very tasty homemade strombolis (mine with sausage and onions, and the leftovers are in the office fridge for my lunch!), and I put some chicken breasts in to soak in buttermilk for 24 hours for tonight’s crispy fried chicken a la St. Alton. For Tuesday night we have some interesting turducken sausages that Linnaeus picked up at Delicatessen Meyer, and then we’ll have a tasty fettuccine carbonara on Wednesday.

Not a whole lot on tap for the week, though word has it I might need to stick around a little late on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday to help out with an inspection by the Brazilian version of the FDA. No problem for me – overtime is always good, particularly when I have a six-day vacation on the horizon!