Sometimes breakfast is a just a warm up for something else

Location: Salonica Restaurant, Hyde Park, Chicago

Joining us: Jake Newberry, grandson, age 15
Music on the way: hip hop mixed with a little, very little, rap (grandson directed music selection)

First of all, let me say that Kate is not going to remember this as one of our most romantic Valentine's Day.   Breakfast was the usual short order bacon and eggs.  Nothing fancy...

At a little table in a little corner greek restaurant in Hyde Park.

And they were out of donuts!  But Jake got his second serving of hot chocolate at no charge. 

After breakfast we drove around the awe inspiring University of Illinois campus thinking we might be impressing Jake; thinking it might inspire him to run back and dive into this biology and algebra studies yearning for the glory of higher education. What were we thinking?!

Well, that little diversion preceded the main event:  the Museum of Science and Industry.  Why did we go there?  Because it was a FREE day at the museum!  We got there at 10:40 am, 20 minutes before opening, right behind the 3 million other people who showed up for a free day at the museum.  I dragged Kate and Jake through the crowds from one exhibit to another for two hours.  Finally, that had had enough and dragged me out and back to the car.  We went home and finished the afternoon with a few rounds of Mille Borne...the game where Kate always manages to convince the kids that I am the bad guy so they all gang up against me.  Oh, life is tough.