A few weeks ago my friend Dana Lee called and said she had tickets to the Oprah Winfrey show and wanted to know if I was interested in going. I thought, "Why not?" So, I left on Wednesday, Sept 10th. After landing at Midway, I had to take a few trains to get to where Dana's mom and aunt were waiting for me. When we finally met up, we headed to Navy Pier where we did some shopping while we waited for the other girls (there were 8 of us all together) to arrive.
The next day was the Oprah show! There was a LOT of waiting, but finally we were ushered into the studio. The show was on breast cancer and will air Sept 30th. Christina Appplegate, Maima Karmo (breast cancer survivor and founder of the Tiger Lilly foundation) and Nancy Brinker (President of the Susan G. Komen foundation) were Oprah's guests. We didn't know what the show was about beforehand, but luckily I wore pink! There were many breast cancer survivors there. It was very humbling to be among them. It was a great experience. I don't think I'll end up on tv--I ended up behind one of the cameras--and for that I was grateful. Who wants to end up on national television when you are pregnant? Not me! Everyone has asked me what Oprah was like--I thought she acted just like she does on tv.
Here we are eating at Avec restaurant. It was delicious. The food was Mediterranean.
OK, so this was my first experience with the American Girl store. I could not believe all of the hoop-lah over these dolls. This is a restaurant where you can lunch with your doll. . .
leave her to get her hair done while you shop. . .
or if she gets injured, she goes to the hospital! Could not relate at all to this. Hopefully Raegan won't be able to relate in a few years either.
Friday night we went to Wicked. It was FABULOUS. It is coming to Phoenix this next summer, and I can't wait--we already have tickets. :) The rest of the time we shopped, ate out and took a architectural cruise on the river around the city. It rained Friday and Saturday, and I LOVED it. I'm sure I was the only one, but when you live in a desert, you learn to love the rain! I had a WONDERFUL time while I was gone. Mucho thanks to Heather, my mom, Julie Spilsbaby and my most wonderful husband. We celebrate four years of wedded bliss this week. I love you!
5 comments:
Oh I am so jealous. I wish I could have been with you. I love all of those places. Chicago is such a fun place I just love it. I really want to take my family there sometime. I am glad you had fun.
wow great picture of you you look beautiful!
So fun to see all the pictures! Still jealous! You look so pretty! Lovin' the bangs! And so did you uh mean to write my name "Spilsbaby"? Is that as in Spils-crybaby or Spils-hotsexybaby? :)
Wow! What a trip.
Jen, I'm so jealous that you actually got to on OPRAH. I tried twice last year when I went to Chicago and I couldn't even get past the phone lines. Thats fabulous!!! Also, Wicked is my favorite musical - so happy you got to see it. Did you love it or what!? I'm not giving up the dream of going on Oprah someday...
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