Thursday, May 8, 2008
Thursday started out with a long drive across eastern Iowa. I had a site visit at an old university in Clinton, IA which has since been sold by the nuns to a venture capitalist group. It was very enjoyable to visit because most of our clients are trade schools, not universities. This place had dorms, athletics, and a real college feel.
The ladies who gave me the tour were your typical small town people: born and raised in Clinton, went to the university in Clinton, and now work at the university in Clinton. They spent much of our tour reminiscing about old college memories. I think they really enjoyed themselves, I know I did. We ended up walking around the campus for over an hour.
After my stop in Clinton, I continued onto the western suburbs of Chicago to see my friends Chris and Erica. I haven’t seen them since Christmas, so it was really nice to visit. I got to Chicago around 5PM, so we had several hours to hang out before I had to continue on to Milwaukee for the night.
Chris took me to some out of the way brewery for some microbrew. It was in an office park of some sort. There was no signage of any kind. It seemed kind of shady…like invitation only or something. I wasn’t so sure about this place. But when we walked in, it was your normal bar & grille. I guess they survive on word of mouth only. It’s called Two Brothers, if you’re interested.
After that we met Chris’ wifey and went for dinner to Giordano’s or something. It’s one of two famous pizza joints in the Chicagoland area, I guess. It was really good.
By about 10:30PM, I needed to get back on the road for the two hour drive to Milwaukee. As soon as I got on the freeway there was construction all the way to the Wisconsin border. It was ridiculous. One of the worst drives I’ve ever been on. I nearly killed myself veering off to the right through construction cones and traffic to exit to the toll plaza that was poorly marked.
When I finally got to Milwaukee, I-94 was closed. A good way to end the night. I ended up having to take a detour, but thankfully my GPS didn’t run me in circles this time.
Operation: Surprise, Part 5
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
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3 comments:
Hi Brent, how's life? Quick question: will you be attending the Class Reunion end of June? It looks like Sauk-Rapids-Rice HS is organizing a party for ALL classes togehter...
I don't have your e-mail anymore, but would be glad if you can let me know: NKempe@lehman.com.
cheers!
Nadine
I guess? Psh...brent...learn about the windy city!
Giordano's and Jeno's are the rivals. Both really are great, and actually up until last year I was gung ho Giordanos, (It is a lot more classy, imo)but i thought the pizza (not the bad service) at jenos was maybe just a smidge better.
Can't wait till this summer...gonna get it again!
Nadine -- sadly, no. I'm living in California and really don't have enough vacation days to pull it off. Are you going?
Patrick -- they are both good, but no Digiorno's.
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