January 24 - Catching up

Sometimes breakfast is just for catching up.

Left to right: Janet, Kate, Pat and Pat

Kate headed off to Starved Rock (40 miles west of Naperville) for her annual brunch with her girlfriends. They do this once a year, usually in December. It's their time talk and talk and talk, and eat...talk and talk and talk and eat...talk and talk and talk and eat. For hours.

I went to a little restaurant in Lincoln Park called Toast, with my nephew Brian, who just moved to Chicago from San Fransisco with his girlfriend, Carolyn. While Brian is looking for a job, Carolyn is getting ready to head for Namibia, South Africa, for a two-year stint with the Peace Corps. Brian is a talented, but starving musician. He needs to find work while he pursues his love of art and theater.

Later in the evening, Kate and I were able to catch up on all the catching up.