Big sis turns 40.

My sister's 40th birthday week celebration started on Saturday. I joined her and a few friends in Chicago for a night of dinner and fun.

We stayed at Hotel Sax, which I thought would be fairly centrally located. It had a great view of the "corncobs".

After piling all of our stuff in the room, we headed to dinner (tapas) at Emilio's. The food and wine were both excellent. The company was stellar as well. We ate, talked, laughed and had a most fabulous time.

We headed back to the hotel for cake and presents and to chill out before the "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind" comedy sketch show.

We headed back to Rockford early Sunday morning, after a Starbucks run of course. Then T and I packed up and headed back to Minneapolis.