just another thursday

it's been an active week for me. after monday's 9.5 running miles, i got out and biked 27 miles on tuesday to loosen up my legs, which i needed BADLY. omg, i was SO sore on tuesday.

on wednesday, i biked over to the tin fish and met my dad and little sister for dinner. it's a super cute little 'order at the window' place on lake calhoun. very minneapolis. i love being able to bike there in 15 mins and meet my fam for weeknight dinner. when i got home, my neighbor was in the yard so i borrowed his ultra heavy duty hedge clipper thingy and cut some weeds, or should i say, little trees, growing behind my garage. as we started chatting he cut me some zenias from his yard for my table. he's just SO darn nice!! (picture attached)

tonight i went for a quick 5 mile run after work and made dinner for paola. she's been working so much lately, i feel so bad for the poor girl. here i am running and biking and meeting people for dinner and she's been slaving away at work :( hopefully it doesn't last too much longer. she did, however, stop and get a chirimoya from byerly's. i've never had a chirimoya before. you know, it's one thing i LOVE about dating and being with a colombian, or, i guess, an immigrant in general. i get introduced to so many different foods i probably wouldn't try. i STRONGLY suggest trying a chirimoya. it kind of tastes like a pear. SUPER bien ;) (picture attached)

gaby and marco, our current housemates, came home shortly after we had finished eating. gaby is one of paola's bff's and they are staying with us for the month of august. they LOVE phoebe, and it's SO cute how affectionate they are with her! phoebe is getting SPOILED with this double attention. she's going to have withdrawls when they leave.

cafeteria/skybar

p and i have pretty much been out of town for the past month. it started with our trip to south africa to watch world cup group games, a long fourth of july weekend in and around seattle, a weekend at my parent's cabin (what would a MN summer be without the cabin, really?) and a whirlwind trip to chicago, in which the primary goal was to get paola's colombian passport updated, but the real highlight was renting a couple of bikes and taking a 28 mile roundtrip ride through chicago on a 90 degree day on fat tires...whew! btw, lake michigan feels really effing good on a 90 degree day. otherwise, stay away, cause it's COLD. but, the point of this post is about the cafeteria and support group, which opened it's doors sometime while we were out of town. on tuesday, p and i decided to go check it out. mostly, to check out the skybar views. now, don't get me wrong, i like stella's and seafood, but let's face it, it's rather expensive and the rooftop rarely has space available. and the other rooftop competitor, drink, is just...well...LAME. so i was kind of excited to check this space out. i read some reviews and they were pretty much summed up in, "the food was okay, the waitresses were nice, filled with uptown pretty people, and the view was great." aaaand, the reviews were pretty much right. the food was okay, but i'm not a foodie, so whatever, a burger was fine with me. our waitress was nice, but lacked personality. the view was GREAT and the place was filled with normal looking people, which was a total bummer, because i was ready to look at lots of pretty people. i personally think my backyard spot, cafe maude, has MUCH prettier people, and that's not just because i go there frequently ;) all and all, p and i, without ANYBODY else, enjoyed a pleasent evening to ourselves.