Sin City by way of Second City

Last night, a friend and I discovered a delightful little neighborhood bar / restaurant, Fat Cat, which may just become my new go-to place for low-key dinner and drinks. After that, I discovered yet another great thing...burlesque shows! We saw The Flaming Dames in their "Vegas, Baby!" show at The Spot, another local bar / restaurant pretty much down the street from me. I'd never been to a burlesque show before and I've gotta say, there's really nothing not entertaining about comedy, booze, and pastie-covered boobies. A couple of the women were a bit too thin and blonde for my liking but Blackjack Betty and Lady Di made up for it right nice.

Today, I rediscovered why I can't be one of those people who spends their entire weekend drinking because between the copious amounts of tasty Blue Moons consumed and getting to bed at nearly 4 a.m., I've been pretty close to being completely useless. I did, however, get around to finally ordering some dresses online for an upcoming work thing. Every year for their Managing Director meeting, they have it at one of the offices and this year, it's being held in Chicago. This means all of the MDs coming and all of the employees in the Chicago office are treated to a catered dinner on stage at The Pritzker Pavilion. So come June 2nd, I have to get myself all fancied-up and spend the evening wining and dining with company folk. I'm not really looking forward to that as much as mingling with those from work who are actually friends and spending what will hopefully be a gorgeous evening in the park. Here's hoping I'll be stylin' in a new summery, fun, flirty frock!

Hopefully, tomorrow I'll make up for today's laziness by by dragging my ass to the gym, pickin' up my apartment, finishing Snuff, and reverting back to elementary school and writing a little review of it to help me decide if I like it or think it's hideous. I'm about half-way through and am still not really sure what I think of it. Monday, I have an 8-hour hotline shift but being a holiday, I can take it from home, which means I can really do whatever I feel like doing as long as my phone is nearby.

Three-day weekends are lovely.