Yesterday’s drive from Rosemont to Joliet took us close to the warehouse where TC and I used to work together, so we decided to stop at an old favorite lunch spot. Great pizza and beef sammiches. Google says they open at 11:00 on Saturdays. We got there at about 12:30 and, nope, locked up tight as a drum. Very disappointing. Plan B was Portillo’s, which I’m not mad about, but we were both looking forward to revisiting an old favorite.
On the way to the hotel in Joliet we passed by the prison, and stopped by the door where Elwood picked up Jake in The Blues Brothers. That thrilled me more than it probably should have.
We’d been to this ballpark before when a different team used to play there around 20 years ago. It’s in pretty good shape and all the folks were friendly and having a good time. But based on the attendance for a Saturday night game, Joliet is not all that into their team.
And not much was happening in the surrounding neighborhood. We did find a fun little dive for a couple quaffs and that was it. We’re staying at a casino hotel down the street, so we were able to stretch the evening out a bit. I slowly lost a few bucks on video poker and called it a night.
An afternoon game today at the same ballpark, and then we’re meeting up for dinner with a group of friends we used to hang out with back in the day. Should be fun.