Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Meet my new friend, Margie






Here is my new friend, Margie Higuchi and Norma at our hotel room. This is Chicago pizza at its best! Look at all that yummy grease!



My stomach started growling as soon as I saw the picture of this pizza. Isn't that funny? I'm like Pavlov's dogs. Ha ha!


Ok, I have got to tell you about my new friend, Margie. She is one amazing gal. She's fluent in English and Japanese. She is married to a Buddhist monk. Who knew monks could get married?? Anyway, I booked the room with her sight unseen. I didn't know what to expect. When we arrived in Chicago our room wasn't ready yet so we left our bags with the concierge. We left to work the show. We hadn't yet had a chance to meet Margie cuz she was in the convention hall already. I wouldn't have know who she was cuz I had never seen her. When we finally got into our room, Margie had already been there but she was gone. Waiting on the bed for me and Norma was a little goodie package complete with cool Laserline chipboard, Japanese candy (which I scarfed right away), mints, gum (what're you trying to say, Margie? hee hee) and what not. I mean, is this the most thoughtful girl? She also brought us snacks like Snickers, granola bars, Reese's bars, bottled water. I really felt taken care of. I was like, "Is my mother here" while looking under the bed. That night we had pizza. She took care of the ordering and arrangements. There are not alot of places to eat near the convention center. The place was designed so that business travelers could fly in, convene and then fly out again. The airport is like 5 minutes away or something really close. The only places to eat were the hotels- expensive. Downtown was like 20 minutes away. Not an economical taxi ride, besides, there wasn't really any time. Next year I'm flying in on Thursday and staying until Sunday night. On Saturday, we decided to eat at a really nice restaurant called Gibson's (I think). It was really expensive but oh, so good! The highest item on the menu (I always check) was the surf and turf (a HUGE lobster tail and huge steak) was $163!! No, I did not get the surf and turf. I wanted to splurge, but that was more than a splurge. Besides, 4 people could've eaten off that plate, it was so big. The girls at the table next to us ordered dessert. It was a macadamia nut turtle pie. I'm not kidding. It was huge. It was $14! It was at least 6 inches high and about 1/4 of a 10 inch pie. The four of them each had a slice and there was still a ton left, so they gave us the rest. The three of us ate from it and there was still so much left. Can you believe 7 girls could not finish it? We were lucky we didn't have to pay for it. The girls are from San Antonio. One of them was opening a new LSS there.
On Friday night, 2peas sponsored a reception complete with sweet treats and drinks. My name was drawn to win a package of Chipboard cookies from Sonborn (I think they're new) and a pkg of large green sticker letters. I gave them to Margie for being so sweet to us. There were a bunch of garden girls there. Joann Bolick took our picture. She's bubbly and sweet. Very friendly. I was surprised to see how young Tia Bennet is. Kelly Crowe is so cute. She looks like she's in junior high. She's tiny.
We had a wonderful time thanks to Margie who took care of us. Being a resident Chicagoan, she knew her way around.

Thanks, Margie!

10 comments:

Margie Higuchi said...

Theresa!! Aren't you a sweetie?! A post dedicated (mostly) to me! Thanks for all the kind words! I couldn't have asked for such great roomies! We'll have to do this again! xoxoxo

Anonymous said...

Holy cow...I've never seen a Chicago-style pizza. WOW!!! How do you eat it? LOL!

It looks like you had the best time at CHA. So far I haven't seen anything about meeting Wilna. Did you get to see her?

Anonymous said...

That pizza looks too yummy!! I'm sitting here and haven't eaten a bite yet this AM, so my mouth is watering as you described all the food hee hee hee. I love reading your story and looking at all the pictures. It sounds like you met some terrific folks, that's an awesome blessing.
~blessings,
Kelly

Debbie said...

Oh I love pizza and now I have to go to Chicago to try theirs. Looks so good that I am drooling.

Anonymous said...

Man, my tummy is rumbling right now! It's so cool that you roomed with people just as sweet/cool as you...you've had a taste of your own (awesome) medicine!

Seriously, thanks for all of your own generousity...it's such an honor to be your friend!

Mou Saha said...

Hi Theresa,
Love you. Wilna was sad for missing you. MB said hi too.
Miss you
Mou

Kelly said...

Oh No...Theresa, you missed Wilna. I'm so sorry to hear that.
~blessings,
Kelly

Amy Birch said...

What an awesome story, Theresa! Margie sounds so special!!! I'm so glad that you got to know her!

That pizza looks yummy!!!

Thank you for sharing all of your experiences at CHA so I can live vicariously through you! :)

I would LOVE for you to do a photo swap with me!!! This weekend I'll mail you a few pictures for you to choose from.

I just finished my challenge. It took a while!

Have a great night,

Amy :)

Debbie said...

You were so right about making such wonderful friends thru scrapbooking. It seems like they are always looking out for us.

Jude said...

yum, that pizza looks sooo good!! :)

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