Notes from Saturday May 6 2023: Finally the big trip begins!! I’m just gonna rush through the day, as it’s just the preamble to Japan. So quickly, items of note: Landed thirty minutes late lol but successfully met up with Robert in the O’Hare train station. The loud dirty and uncomfortable train to downtown unexpectedly stopped mid-way, all of us loud & dirty passengers were trundled onto buses for a few blocks, then transferred to a new loud & bumpy train to get downtown. We headed to Portillo’s for Chicago-style hotdogs “all the way” with onion-rings & Coke, plus of course radioactive pickle relish 😀
Then we found a classic “beer-cade” full of the old classic coin-operated videogames from the 80s. As a purist, I was miffed that all the old CRT monitors had been replaced with crisp flat LCD displays, I really hate that, and I’m using that as my excuse for why I played so horribly at Centipede, Robotron, and Dig-Dug!
We grabbed an Uber to the Rosemont Loews, then finally to Gibsons!!!
A killer steak meal always demands a martini to start, and these were made with Plymouth gin, which I always request in the unlikely event anybody actually has it lol. Robert had the ribeye, I had the porterhouse, we shared a bottle of Justin and finished with creme brulee. It was a freaking feast!!!!
Now it’s time to crash at the hotel, sleep all this off, and get ready–finally!!–for the big adventure to begin!!
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