Valentine's Day - 101 Dalmatians

We went to 101-Dalmations last weds. 2/17/10. It was really great. After 10 years in Chicago area I finally got it right...

Complementary tickets to 101-Dalmatians (because we got puked on at our last show downtown over a year ago). Cost $0

Free Parking near Randolph & Peroia Str. just 2 blocks from the restaurant we went to. $0
Awesome Dinner for 2 at Sushi Pink, really good! $25 dollar coupon making the total $43
Cab ride from the Cadillac Palace theater to our car - 6$
A friend watched our kids for free - $0

$49 dollars (plus gas) - dinner, show, night out.

We had a great night, the show was amazing, very family friendly and they had real Dalmatians in the show. In fact when we got to the theater people lined the entrance like some celebrities were showing up. When I asked what was going on people were all exciting saying, "Oh, the dogs are coming, the dogs are coming!!" Only in America! I think the dogs got a bigger reception that Obama would have gotten!

Earthquake in Algonquin!

Wow my first earthquake!! I thought there was a huge snowplow in the parking lot behind my house or I was having a bad dream or something!! Then I was so sleepy I didn't even remember it until someone said there was an earthquake. I have never been in an earthquake. I started thinking about it and it was a little scary with all that has gone one in Haiti recently. Just another reminder that we are not in control!

(CNN) -- An early morning earthquake rattled northern Illinois on Wednesday, shaking an area about 50 miles west-northwest of downtown Chicago, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake was originally reported as having a magnitude of 4.3, but the USGS later downgraded it to magnitude 3.8. It hit just before 4 a.m. CT (5 a.m. ET), with an epicenter about 3 miles underground. The USGS pinpointed the quake between the towns of Virgil and Sycamore, Illinois.