Hello old friends!

Eric has taken on a few shifts a week at the Blind Faith Cafe, where he worked for our first year in Chicago, and I made the trip to Evanston with him yesterday. Andy came up from Rogers Park and we visited over a delicious Santa Fe Salad, a cappuccino brownie and some coffee. It had been ages since we saw this old neighbor of ours!


Later, Andy dropped me off at a nearby coffee shop where I met Maiko and Joey--it had been even longer since I had seen them! Here we are after walking back to the BFC to meet Eric:


Pretty amazing--during the time that Eric worked a whole shift, I did nothing but visit with people. How great! Too bad I can't get paid for that.

After a wonderful service at church, we spent this afternoon walking through the Wicker Park neighborhood, window shopping and people watching. It is so interesting how different parts of the city are filled with such different kinds of folks. The 55-degree weather was so refreshing, but we could have snow again as soon as tomorrow. Please, spring, come back soon.