toll roads and martinis (not at the same time!)

if a coaster could talk... what would it say?

saturday: off to illinois. the land of lincoln and unequal tolls (if you don't buy their i-pass, you pay twice the amount at each toll). i think it is their way of punishing wisconsonites because we've got the prettier state. i know this because a) i've lived in both and b) there is always a traffic jam going back into illinois from wisconsin on sunday. you love wisconsin, just admit it... and you are jealous that we get to live there so you try and take our money. (or i am just bitter about the tolls... and the fact that one has no idea how much is being forced from their wallets until they get right up to the booth as all signs have been taken down so as to further discourage those refusing to purchase an i-pass.... so i turn it into a chip on illinois' shoulder.)

anywho, back to saturday, and a place with mini martinis:

when in rome...

a closer view...

some bruschetta...

so, normally i wouldn't take pictures of bathroom doors (though as you can probably tell, what i won't take a picture of is pretty limited), but these were just so darn silly and cute...

onto the next place. we didn't actively seek out this band... by any means... first song we heard: 'turn the beat around'... by gloria estefan.

finally, some photos of those who were there:

stephanie...

... insisted she would only be put on the blog if she were allowed artistic freedom in her photos.

jenny....

...also insisted on artistic license. (don't be mad at me for putting this up here!)

here's jenny without her contact lenses in:

jenny & laura.

julie & steph.

happy laura.

regan & stephanie.


and a little cat to end the post... (emma. also known as erma)