Spring Break 2012

For my Spring Break this year, I decided to stay at Loyola rather than fly back to California.  It ended up working well since I have an Organic Chem exam and Statistics Exam on Monday morning.  I have done my fair share of studying, but I also did lots of exploring and went to some places that have been on my Chicago bucket list for a while.  I also had the chance to help out in the bio-chem lab, as well as searching for apartments in the neighborhood for next year.  So it was both a fun and productive spring break.  I was also lucky enough to have a few 70 degree days here, and the forecast for the next 10 days is predicting more warm weather.  We're all hoping that winter is gone for good around here.

The first weekend of break my friends from high school, Marlo and Mike were in town. Marlo came out from Boston for part of her break, and Mike drove up from his school in Indiana.  We explored downtown, got plenty of free cupcakes, walked around Northwestern, and explored Wicker Park.  The best part of that neighborhood is "ICream", an ice cream shop where you literally create your own ice cream and they freeze it in the KitchenAid mixer with Liquid nitrogen. Pretty awesome. Mine was a purple cake batter with cookie dough inside. I think Mike had a blue "blackberry cheesecake" invention.  Good times catching up with old friends for sure!

On Wednesday, when it was 70 degrees, my friend Julie and I met up and walked to the Lincoln park zoo. We had a blast walking around, seeing all the animals, and hanging out with all the little kids who aren't in school on a Wednesday :) We saw snakes, camels, monkeys, pigs, cows, baby chicks, tarantula, bears, leopards, and our favorite: giraffes! Here are some pictures: