On the Road

Day two of the road trip landed me to Chicago for the first time in my life. Despite the drive through the mid-west being about as boring as an 8th grade math class, taking me completely across the "great" states of Ohio and Indiana, all I can say is; Wow. Chi Town is a hell of a city, mainly because Joakim Noah resides there, but for other reasons too. Aside from NYC, the Windy City has the tallest buildings I've ever seen, just daunting, I don't think I've ever felt so small before as I did amidst these giant structures. I enjoyed a authentic Chicago hot dog for lunch, went up to the 94th floor of the John Hancock building for some breathtaking 360 city views, spent the afternoon on the Navy Pier and had one of the best pizza pies in my life at Gino's East for dinner. This was definitely one of the coolest cities I have ever been to. The people are friendly, the cityscape is breathtaking, and the food is good.

Day three I was on the road again. In 20 hours I drove through Illinois (cool), Iowa (miserable) Nebraska (cool) and Colorado (awesome). Let me start off by saying Iowa is awful. My dad and I attempted to stop through Des Moines to get lunch, and not only were there no restaurants to eat at but the people were nasty and not at all helpful. The complete opposite could be said about Omaha, what a cool town. Really the whole state of Nebraska was tight, but Omaha was full of friendly mid-westerners and good food. Known for its music scene, Omaha does have some hipster qualities and a quaint downtown reminiscent of a smaller Clarendon. Would I go on vacation to Omaha? No, but I would recommend stopping through it if you happen to be nearby.

I am currently in a hotel about 90 minutes outside of Denver. The house hunt begins today. When I have more time I will include pictures of the road trip.

Until next time,

Sil

Smell Ya Later, Arlington

It's my last week in Arlington and I'm beginning to get that nostalgic feeling already. It's funny because the reality of this adventure hadn't really hit me until yesterday, only three days before I hit the road. Even though I'm so excited to embark on this experience, I am really going to miss it here. Ol 1916 Vance in Courthouse has treated me well over the past year and change and I've had alot of good times. Im gonna miss the little things, whether it was complaining about work while lunching at Cafe Asia or Dheli Club with Gib and Komara or BSing and negotiating fantasy trades with the Rick Squad. I'll always have memories of getting hammered on weeknights at Page or in Clarendon at Hunaaan and the Web despite its ridiculous line. The late night "dance parties" after a DC weekend at Wiests (on second thought....I could have lived without those..too soon?), the onset of Beersbie at New Mashie and the rise and fall and rise again of Allan Ave. Its crazy that its already been two years since we've graduated from college but even crazier how close we've all managed to stay over the years. I'm gonna miss you NOVA, but hey maybe ill give you a call sometime.....

My hope with this blog is to keep everyone up to speed on my new adventure. I want to be able to share with all of you the cool places I go and people I meet beginning with a cross country road trip through the mid-west. Stay tuned if you like.

And now for your viewing pleasure...here's this, I guess it will adequately sum up everything ive been trying to tell you in this post:

Arlington: The Rap

-Sil