With bacon and corn

A few weeks ago Justin and I went to Kuma’s Corner for a late lunch. You may have heard about the place by its unofficial name — the “heavy metal restaurant.” All the burgers on the menu share their name with a band, and the music blaring over the speakers is not what you’d hear in most places. When we went we heard anything from Clutch to Mastodon to Slayer.

The place is small, and the wait for a table seems to be about 30-60 minutes no matter what time of day you go (we went around 4pm on a Saturday; Justin was there at 8-something on a Thursday night previously). It’s definitely worth the wait though, so stick it out.

I had the Melvins — this consists of fresh basil, prosciutto, mozzarella, tomato, and onion on top of a burger. All the burgers are served on a pretzel roll. I had mine with the chicken instead of beef (and you can also get a veggie burger in place of meat).

Let’s just say that I don’t eat a lot of food when I dine, so it’s very rare for me to polish off a full “burger.” But I ate the hell out of this one.

Great Solar Stance, originally uploaded by kellybelly.

- Kelly

[sent from my iPhone]

Justin had received tickets to Wicked for his birthday, and yesterday was the day. We decided to make a day of it, so Justin took the day off.

“Day” count in the previous sentence: five.

We started with breakfast at Avalon (for those not in the area, it’s a local 24-hour pancake place). I ordered the “Lite Appetite,” which consisted of three eggs (over medium), four slices of bacon, and three huge pancakes. Not so lite — I only ate the eggs and a pancake.

Then we headed to the Museum of Science and Industry … the Body Worlds 2 exhibit opened up last week and we wanted to check it out. We saw Body Worlds the first time it came through Chicago and were pretty impressed.

I snuck a few photos… shhh.

The museum closed at 4pm, so we got in the car and headed to the Theatre District to scope out the area. Traffic was unbelievably good, so when we got there had some time to kill. We walked around for a bit, and then grabbed some food at Au Bon Pain. We hung around there for a while, then headed to the theatre.

All I can say is that the play was FANTASTIC.

I never know how to end these posts without being abrupt, but I’m tired of writing. I have a post brewing about my ferret Scooby and the shit I’ve been dealing with in regards to him the past few weeks, but again… tired of typing.

We’re going to the Super Bowl, baby!