Week 29: Weekend Getaway SIN Rawl-Dawg

These parentals have not been away from Rollie together since he was born. My longest time before this past weekend was 36 hours and Caleb's was 60 hours. This weekend we left Rollie with Grandma for three nights and three days. It was wonderful, people. We are pretty decent parents (in our opinion) but being away was wonderful. Caleb's dream is to visit all MLB baseball fields so off we go to Cincinnati, OH to see Oakland play the Red's. 

Our first stop after dropping him off was Nathan and Kelly's for chat time and Miles hang out. It was a quick visit but waking up in Chicago brought nostalgia back in full force. We loved the traffic getting downtown, walking our neighborhood, and just being present in Chicago again. Peeps, we miss it so much. Rollie would love it there, we just know it. 

Mandatory stop: Baker & Nosh for Treccia. 

Wrigleyville!

The Red Line. A must.

Caleb's old home base: Northwestern O&P

Cantina 1910. Wow, this place was so yummy and fresh.

My Andersonville babe. 

 Off to Cincinnati we went. The drive was boring but the end of the night made up for all the negativity. We checked into our bed & breakfast and left immediately to take in the nightlife of Cincinnati. People, Cincinnati is a dirty place but the night life is so fun!

We found a rooftop bar to eat dinner...
at 10:30p. Ha.

Off to Blind Lemon for a garden view, acoustic
night. What a beautiful time.

The lovebirds, loving life.

 The next morning we headed out after a home-cooked meal at the B&B to Findlay Market to check out the open air market that was crowded with locals, drank some cold brew at a local spot, shopped a lil bit, watched fresh donuts being made, and then headed towards the game.

It was game time and oh, so, hot. 95 degrees in the full sun gets very warm. We had a blast seeing some friends from NU time in Chicago who are doing a residency in Louisville, KY. They came over the border and watched Oakland (lose) for the the afternoon. Another stadium down, a couple handfuls to go. 

To end our time in the south(ish), we ate ribs until we almost burst at Eli's. We HIGHLY recommend this place to anyone going to Cincinnati. Oh, so, good.