HUGE Margaritas!

Everything is bigger in the U.S.

More Chris' B-Day and Happy Hour

The theme of September's Happy Hour was Chris' B-Day. All I can say: lucky Chris, he had basically 3 B-Day events!
We took the Architectural Cocktail Cruise on the Chicago river. The views were amazing and the drinks were not bad either! Unfortunately we couldn't go on the lake due to bad conditions... and I really wanted to go :-(
But it was fun anyway!

Chris' "official" Birthday

For Chris' other B-Day event Chris, Nic (his brother) and me participated in a canoe race. Here is the ranking....

"Out of the 70 people in our class, we placed 59.

Place Name Boat # Time Pace
59 Chris 108 2:52:10.2 23:45/M"


Well, we ate Dairy Queen Dilly Bars during the race and enjoyed Chicago views from the river! Well, maybe those are all excuses...

Korean BBQ

... for Chris B-Day, even though he didn't want to announce it like that. Kelly, Bryan (the crazy half Korean) and me went to a Korean BBQ place on Lincoln Ave, can't remember the name, 3 words, the last one was "OK". However, it was an experience and picky Alex was not too happy about the food and how you smell afterwards...
But it was a fun night!

German in German Town...

Back in "Berlin"

Exactly one year after we met Ingrid and I went to Berlin, the bar! That was where we went on our first night out - even though some people's memory was a little blurry. But we refreshed it successfully!
It was a great night and I hope there are more to come!

Well, that's me! :D

Flatwater

One of the last hot nights this summer so we decided to meet up with Ryan at Flatwater.

Ice Cream at Damato's

This is at the cute little bakery on my corner. Ingrid and Hannah picked me up from work and we had Italian ice cream - all over!

My House

So, finally the first picture of my house... We live on the 3rd floor (2nd floor for the Europeans), however it is the top floor of the building. My room used to be the left small window above the entrance but as Jessica moved in I moved to the other room in the back. But I can still see downtown and the Sears Tower from my window.

Japonais' Outdoor Lounge

Ingrid and I enjoyed one of the last hot nights at Japonais Ourdoor Lounge directly on the river. Unfortunately, the moskitos were also enjoying the night so we ended up having tons of moskito bites!

Northside Bike Tour

Chris, David and I went on another great tour with our amazing tour guide Kelly! She took us up north. On the way we saw a typical German"Fachwerkhaus" which used to be a Metzgerei.
Later we stopped for drinks, isn't that an unusual Bloody Mary?!?!

The reward for driving all night

Niagara Falls!

After a 6 hour drive we finally made it to Niagara Fall. Amazing views but I heard its even better from the Canadian side. Well, we couldn't go - or better we were not sure if we were able to return to the US, so we decided not to go. We also had to hurry, we had another 11 hours to drive to Chicago ahead of us. That was actually really hard. I am glad we made it there safely! We both had to go straight to work after driving forever and sleeping very little, but it was absolutly worth it!

Leaving NYC

... the beginning of a long drive

Partying in the Hamptons

Crazy but cool parties in the Hamptons. People do everything to the extreme. The first party had a 200 ft. long table with lots of food. The house had a squasch court inside... The second party was even better. A huge propoerty with a huge tent, a dance floor, open bar, ice cream, mini club sandwiches and the most amazing thing: they shuttled the people with golf carts from the main street to the location!

Foggy Hampton Bays

Just an hour later we could barely see the ocean...

Boat Ride in the Hamptons

Jeffrey took us out on his boat! Was a great ride especially because the weather was weird, very foggy.
Donovan, Louis, Jeffrey and me (the co-pilot) on the boat!