a day dt

we spent a lovely afternoon in the city. first, we started off at my hair salon, michael and michael. my sisters and i usually book our appointments together. i started seeing misako before she came over to m&m salon {i don’t even remember the name of the old salon…it was on oak st. and i think that might have been it’s moniker}; hmmmmm, 15 years later, i am still getting my hair styled by her.

my sis kim started getting her hair cut by misako many years ago and only a few years ago, did thuy finally cave in and started seeing misako as well! so now it’s a family affair. we all go together and make it a daytime event.

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[hanging out at michael and michael salon]

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this time around, though, i had an agenda. i needed to exchange a hat my dad had purchased for olive. he was really bummed the one he bought was too small and asked me to exchange it. the unfortunate part?? he bought it at navy pier. ugh. i dislike going there! especially on a saturday! the worst day ever to go to navy pier!

anyhoo, it was our mission, so after i got my haircut, we all headed over to navy pier to exchange the hat. we contemplated the idea of pulling the car over and i was to run in but that deemed to be an impossible feat. so, we were going to make it the best afternoon ever at tourista navy pier!

we walked around and finally made it to the area where they have all the little kiosks. we found the little hat stand and traded in olive’s hat for a bigger size. success, although olive wasn’t very happy with us putting different hats and sizes constantly on her little noggin’. or rather, her big noggin’ 😉

we then perused a few different shops, when grace asked if we could eat at bubba gump restaurant. ha! of course we had too. it’s freakin’ navy pier!

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[checking out one of many fun shops]

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[honestly, i am not sure what grace is doing…]

it was actually a really long wait, so we put in our name and decided to do some more shopping. before we did, we fed little miss olive. she’s so silly…she constantly makes the funniest faces when she eats. so cute! after shopping for a bit, we rounded back to the restaurant and finally got seated!

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[funny faces while eating]

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[trying to take a cute photo together. uhhhh, she wouldn’t stop putting the stroller cord in her mouth!]

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[at bubba gump restaurant]

well, what do you get at bubba gump restaurant?? shrimp, of course! i ordered the southern shrimp, hc got the shrimp sampler, and grace got the fish n chips. the service there is always so fast and very friendly. everyone is so nice there!

our server actually quizzed us on the movie and we got all the questions right! ha! we love the movie forrest gump! she asked us: besides, jenny, who were forrest’s two best friends? which three presidents did forrest actually meet? which leg did lt. dan lose? of the three presidents that forrest met, what did he say to one of them right when he met him after drinking his favorite drink? what is forrest’s favorite drink? hmmm, i think those were all the questions she asked?! that was really fun when she did the quiz!

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[rich’s margarita coronita]

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[southern shrimp]

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[shrimp galore]

after eating, we headed out. it was a great day, starting off with my sisters and me finally getting my mane freshened up! woo! we really did enjoy our day together as a family, at navy pier. it’s always fun for grace and it was great to be able to have a low key, relaxing day together in chicago.

xoxo

haircut day

a beautiful day for a sassy a haircut.  typically, we like scheduling three haircuts in a row…me, kim, & thuy but this time kim couldn’t make it!  so, it was just thuy and me.  it was a lovely sunny day for us!

i trekked in first due to thuy coming straight from work.  hubby charming and moi got there early and misako was able to take me right away.  i just love her!  she has been cutting my hair for 12 years!  she actually didn’t know i was pregnant!  last time i saw her, i was at the 3 month mark and i couldn’t tell her because i hadn’t told the family yet!

anyhoo, we chit chatted, caught up, talked about baby stuff, and just really enjoyed each other’s company.  she trimmed my hair up all fresh and clean…holy long hair!  once i was done, i settled onto the couch and waited for thuy to get there for her haircut.

after both our sessions, we traipsed our way to an eatery we all haven’t been to, farmhouse.  it was sooo good!  delicious.  we were very satisfied and happy!

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[thuy’s new do]

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[farmhouse]

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[farmhouse’s cool interior]

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[haircuttery]

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[menu perusing]

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[my tasty meal // forest mushroom and poblano pepper old world grains burger]

after lunch, thuy had commitments to go to and so did we!  it was fab haircut day and delicious feasting.  a great way to spend our afternoon together!

xoxo