On Monday, Melissa and I dragged ourselves out of our respective studios and went downtown, ostensibly to visit the new Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago. What actually happened…we followed in the footsteps of many twentieth century artists before us and sat around drinking all day. To be fair, we did leave the bar after about 3 hours, ran across the street to see the galleries, which closed about 45 minutes after we got there and took a pic at “The Bean” 
But after we got that out of the way we sat back down at the Park Grill for 3 more pints for which I am still suffering. Really, one shouldn’t mix so many prescription drugs with so much alcohol. This was sort of our good bye outing because Melissa is moving to Switzerland in a couple of weeks. Melissa, I’m really going to miss you, damn it. Who is going to tease me about being a dirty hippie now?
11:47 am on February 19th, 2010
It’s so sad when friends move away. Good to have one last fling though! I recently got my nose pierced-how long have you had yours done? I ask because I would love to know how long it’s taken to heal up and all that jazz. PS I’m the “dirty hippie” in my crowd too. Have a good weekend(maybe minus a little booze)!