Weekend Update

It's finally starting to warm up in Indy, and we couldn't be more ready for it! This weekend we got to turn off the heat and open the windows for the first time this year. Unfortunately, David didn't get to enjoy it very much. He's been on the couch with the flu for the last four days. :(

My friend Becky was here this weekend with her boyfriend, Richard. They were passing through on their way to Pennsylvania. They stayed with us Friday and Saturday nights. Becky's boyfriend is from England, so this was his first visit to Indy. We spent most of the day Saturday walking around downtown and Broad Ripple showing him some of our favorite parts of the city. Highlights from the weekend included:

• Showing off Lucas Oil Stadium, the new and impressive JW Marriott hotel, and Union Station (to name a few). 

  

  Union Station was converted into a hotel. Guests can stay in these train car rooms.

• Tasting Inhaling the best cupcakes I've ever had the pleasure of putting in my mouth at The Flying Cupcake.

• Watching my first Grand National horse race, often called the world's greatest steeplechase, and seeing Richard's excitement at getting to watch it live all the way from the US. Ummm....not a big fan of this race. I didn't like seeing all the horses and jockeys falling down! I think I screamed a few times.

• Free wine tasting at a brand new restaurant in Broad Ripple that we just happened to stumble upon.
• Watching my first Masters Tournament....and actually enjoying it! Made me miss old Sunday afternoons on the greens with my parents. :)
• Chicken chimichangas on the patio at our favorite Mexican restaurant in the whole city (also the site of many/almost weekly gotta-get-away-from-work lunches from back in the day)!

• A 2 a.m. discovery of our broken mailbox. Not a good highlight, mind you, but a memorable part of our weekend. At the time I thought someone drove into our mailbox AGAIN, but after investigating the evidence in the daylight, it appears the post just split. Ugh.

Yesterday, after Becky and Richard left, I fled the house (and David's sick germs) to run errands and have lunch with Lindsay. All in all, it was a great weekend (for me) despite David being sick. He's slowly recovering thanks to lots of prescribed snuggling and kisses from Dr. Chase.

Categories: fun with friends