On the Saturday before, we drove to Rosemont Blue Line subway stop and rode into the city admidst the snow. Our first stop was to visit a Turkish/Russian Bath House for some R&R! We arrived, got changed in our separate locker rooms, then met in the common area in our robes. We decided to first explore the Russian Steam Room, and it was intense! We walked and sat down, and very quickly the jewelry we were started to hurt our skin! Our wedding bands and Nadine's earrings were absorbing the heat and transfering them our skin...we didn't realize the room temp would be 120+ degrees! We also noticed our breathing was getting short, so we just decided to get the heck outta there! Ha!
We decided for a more calm experience, we each retired back to our locker rooms to soak in the hot tub and get ready for our massages. We each got an intense 90 minute message (Dave's first!) and it was painfully good! They found all of our tight spots and of course it was done too quick!
Next we made our way to a matinee showing the Broadway Play HUMANS. It won several Tony awards and it was about a family from Scranton! The was great and touched very close to our own family experiences.
After the show, it was time for some dinner! Nadine found a fun spot in the West Loop called Girl & The Goat...and we didn't have reservations, but we got lucky when two people got up from the bar, lucky birthday girl!
The final part of the night was Nadine's accidental invite to a Valentine's Day singles party, ha! She joined the Arlington Heights Young Professionals group on facebook, and then was told about a social function in the city. She thought it'd be way to meet Arlington Heights people, but instead it was for all singles! We had some awkward conversations, made the best of the situation, and then decided to head home. It was a great day!
On Nadine's birthday we celebrated with birthday pancakes and also had some Paczki (poon-chkey) because it was Fat Tuesday! There were Nadine's first and Dave got them from a local bakery just down the street.
The bar of the Bath House
Outside the Theater for the play
Our seats for HUMANS
Walking to dinner, we found the bridge that smelled like Chocolate!
Dinner and Drinks at Girl & The Goat
32nd Birthday pancakes
Birthday Paczkis!
A photo from Nadine's birthday while Carnegie Mellon
(pictured with Adam & Nitin)
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