Huzzah, Brenda! Let us coordinate times and places in the near future, after giving others an opportunity to speak up!

I am debating whether to have my parents pick me up on their way through-ish Chicago or to get to my brother's school entirely on public transit, or something between the two.

What school, Debet?

Carroll. It's in Waukesha, WI.

Yeah, I know where it is. You can get from Chicago to MKE easily enough, but getting out there without a vehicle would be challenging.

I did some looking, and it seems there is a bus. But my family wants to pick me up, so that will have to be an adventure for a future trip.

So, I'm in Chicago, but due to a bunch of random shit and previous plans and being here for such a short time, knew that I wasn't going to be able to hang with the Buffistas this trip. Apparently fate demanded that I be with Brenda, because we ended up at the same restaurant tonight. There I was sitting down with my friend Dan (from another board) and there she was!

Ha, that's awesome.

It totally was. I was all set to come home and squee about Bayless being there and then I was all "Eh, Bayless, whatever. Vortex!"

'ffista kismet!

Ha! Jessica and I once ended up in the same restaurant in Brooklyn when I was in NYC for a wedding, too.