So ist das leben

Stephanie and I recently visited Chicago for a long weekend getaway. Here’s some of the highlights of our trip:

We attended the Chicago Shakespeare Company’s performance of The Comedy of Errors. This was fantastic. Everytime I see a play from the CSC it seems to get better. They chose to set the play during WWII in London at the height of the Golden Age of Cinema. The setting was a movie studio and the crew was filming The Comedy of Errors. Shakespeare’s script was interwoven with a script that developed the 40s setting. It was a great choice, worked very well, and really brought the play to life. This was my third time seeing Comedy of Errors, and it was never more clear and more well done than this performance.

We also visited the Art Institute of Chicago, which is one of America’s premier Art Museums. The museum is offering free admission after 5PM during the summer months. Stephanie is a big fan of Impressionistic art, so it was all I could do to drag her out after a few hours.

We tried very hard to get Cubs tickets (they were playing Atlanta-the best team in baseball history), but the cheapest we could find was $90 per ticket. Since we are poor, we decided against it and just walked around downtown instead.

We also were able to see the Broadway musical Wicked. Stephanie has wanted to see this for several years now, but has never had the opportunity. We met an older couple from Utah that sold us some tickets for a great price, and they turned out to be great seats. Of course it goes without saying that this is an awesome production. I saw this 3-4 years ago in Chicago, and interestingly it’s still running just as strong with sell-out crowds every performance.

A highlight for me was being able to visit the campus of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Lord willing, I plan to pursue a Th.M/Ph.D in the next few years, and while it would probably be premature for me to have a list of possible schools, TEDS will almost for sure eventually be on such a list. We were able to spend an hour or so on campus and we really enjoyed our time there. Stephanie gave her approval of TEDS only after she learned that there was a huge outlet mall only 15-20 minutes away from the campus (which we visited-for a long time).

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