A Day with My Mister

It's been awhile since the mister and I had a 

had a grown up Saturday.

We started out bright and early,

we're talking 9 am early, by meeting the mister's 

work buddy (how bromantic) at The Globe Pub

for breakfast & Tottenham soccer.

 (I have to admit, it's super cute how soccer makes Stu all giddy, 

kinda like a schoolboy walking into a comic book store.)

After the match, I took the mister on an epic walk,

in search of the antique store I saw on the way in.

It was much further than I thought - so, we ended up having

to drive there after all.  Oops!

Oh well, at least I got to take my first Spring photo :0) ...

Of course, I had to take a peek inside 

Eye Spy Optical.

What a place, I so need some more glasses!

It's so good to see spectacles designed

for the uniques of this world.

To round out our grown up Saturday,

we went to the mister's favorite store in the world,

The Chicago Music Exchange.  They've always got

such beautiful pieces there.  And look how well he suites the banjo :o)

                

Modern Vintage 2013 & Poppa's Habitat

Modern Vintage Chicago never

gets old for me.  Even though

by definition, it means being surrounded

by old things :0)

But, this year was different.

This year, we brought Piper

and she was a hit.  The vendors just 

loved her.  In fact, I bet we could have

scored some pretty sweet deals

with the little fashionbuginista by our side.

 

Oh yeah, our friends Sara & John met us 

there this year too.  So, that was different too

and added to the fun.  I tried to convince them to 

model in the buff and get their portraits drawn, but

was sadly unsuccessful.  Wouldn't have that 

made a great story?

  

But, we did keep one thing the same.

 Just like last year, as a trade off

for the mister suffering through girly stuff,

we went to his habitat, the 

Chicago Music Exchange.

 

It was so darn cute to see my mister

and my little rockstar checking out all

the guitars.  So...darn...cute.

 

33

May 12th.

The mister turned 33.

And, of course, like any respectable

rockstar, he decided that his

birthday Sunday would be best

spent at The Chicago Music Exchange.

Since it was a Sunday, traffic was light

and the mister even got to play in 2 seperate

carpeted rooms full of amps - you know,

like a rockstar, who happens to be 

33 years old.

Like a Kid in a Candy Store

As promised, after modern vintaging,

we Chicago Music Exchange meandered.

The mister was like a kid in a candy store.

This was our first visit, but I know we'll be going

back again and again.

This place was the coolest, even for a non-guitar player

like me.  They had hundreds of guitars that were all

just beautiful.  

...And what music store would be

complete without chandeliers and stylish seating?

Awesome, freakin awesome. 

I could live in a place like that.

The best part though was the individual studio rooms

where folks could try out a sparkly new guitar or a dreamy 

vintage masterpiece.  Pretty neat.