After weeks of buildup, excitement and just two scratchy hours sleep, I arrived in Chicago early this am to spend the weekend with Nykki (sans the rebel yell). My eyes, ears (not so much the nose) down to the toes have been stuffed full with spoiling and good times already…

Nykki’s apartment is in the heart of downtown Chicago, a highrise with unbelievable views of the city and it’s just 8 blocks away from the Sears Tower. I nervously left my only passport with the security guard at the entrance, and strangely the whole place looks and feels like a hotel and even requires those swiper access cards. Pretty snazz.

Tonight we’ll be dining Lebanese style; after that we’ll probably down tall glasses of deadly eyeball-screaming frozen margheritas till we get thrown out and are forced to stumble home.

I can’t wait to spend a night in China Town (it’ll be my first time). Ooh and tomorrow evening we have something really spectacular planned! I’ll post more soon with piccies!