Recently, Andrew and I made a trip up to Minneapolis, Minnesota for John Samuel's recital. Here's what happened:

Day 1:
We arrived at the airport around 9pm. It was COLD and WET. Unfortunately, I was not prepared for this at all. For the entire weekend, I brought a pair of loafers and two sandal-like things. NO SOCKS, and damnit, my toes were about to fall off. Anyways, we had a very warm welcoming party waiting for us (Bob, Bob Sr., Bobbett and Aunt Nancy). We had a lovely tour of the Minneapolis airport parking lot, then we got in the car and went to Bob's house where we met his roommate, Paul, and went to Chicago's for dinner, which we walked to and from....in the rain and cold...with no socks on. Anyways, after that we pretty much crashed for the evening because we're old. Paul was nice enough to let us stay in his room during our time there.

Day 2:
We went out for lunch, pretty much as soon as we woke up. Bob's peeps met us at the apartment, and we drove to a mall and ate hippie pizza at California Pizza Kitchen. We walked around for awhile, then we had to head back because Bob had to get ready for the recital. The recital was awesome, of course. I wanted to take some pictures of Bob playing, and being a musician myself, I turned the flash off the camera before taking the picture. Unfortunately, he was moving around a little too much, so I had to change the setting on the camera. Being the idiot that I am, I didn't turn the flash off that setting, and I took a damn picture...and it flashed. I was SOOOOOOO embarrassed. I wanted to shot myself in the foot so I could draw the attention away from the fact that I took a picture and it flashed. Apparently, it really messed up the pianist and Bob. I'm a terrible person and I should have my eyes taken out for that. ARGH.
Even after that fiasco, he did a fantastic job. Afterwards, we went to Chino Latino. I was excited because Rachel Ray went there when she was in Minneapolis for Tasty Travels. It was neat. The atmosphere was very chic and the food was good. The drinks were a little expensive, but they were gooood. Andrew and I got this one drink that comes in a pineapple. I wanted to take the pineapple home, but I decided against it.
After the after-party, Bob's friends came over and we played Cranium. Andrew and I won.

Day 3:
Bob's parents and aunt came over, and we all went to The Mall of America. It's freakin' HUGE. Every single store every created on Earth was in that mall, plus a dinosaur museum, water park, amusement park and an enormous Legos thingie. But the most exciting part of it was H&M...no, actually, we went to an oxygen bar. It was pretty funny because they make you lay in these massage chairs with earphones on your head and tubes stuck up your nose. Apparently, it's like 98% pure oxygen, and it's really super good for you. After about 15-20 minutes of the chair, you sit up at the actual "bar" and breath in some more pure oxygen, take a shot of really nasty energy drink, and have the nice lady rub your shoulders and back with this nifty massage thing. After the whole thing, you pay the lady $20 and walk out with a slight buzz and grinning like an idiot. It was very interesting.
After that, we had to say goodbye to Aunt Nancy because she had a flight that evening. They (Bob's family) headed out, and we just kinda walked around the mall. I wish we could've had more time, but there was waaaaay too much to see in the short amount of time that we had. We're just gonna have to go back sometime.
That night, people (Bob's friends and parents) came over and we played cards for a long time. We ate lots of junkfood that we bought from Lund's (I think that's what it's called). It kinda reminded me of the Freshmarket and Harry's...and I guess Whole Foods. Anyways, it was a nice grocery store.

Day 4:
Our last day. We packed up, drove around the city, a lake near Bob's, St. Paul, and finally stopped at this Thai place to lunch. I had red curry for the first time. It was really good, except I got a little worried about having curry before getting on an airplane. It was funny because when our food came out, Andrew's plate looked like someone just threw up on it, and I got worried because I knew he wouldn't eat it, and if he did, he wouldn't like it. Fortunately, they got the order mixed up, and wasn't his food. The stuff that he ordered looked much better, and he ate the whole thing.
Oh, the sun finally decided to come out the last day we were there.

And that's about it. There are pictures on my facebook page if you're interested. And if this summary of the trip seems boring, I just want to let you know that the actual trip was a lot more fun. The End.