Grutz says, "Midwest weather is NOT for the faint of heart." or "Chicago-style deep dish pizza is NOT for the faint of heart."

From frostbite to heatstroke.

The past Tuesday I was visited by a great blast from the past, Tony Welter. He and I go way back to our high school days and we hadn't seen each other in over 4 years. How time flies! Carleen and I met him at his hotel downtown and had dinner. Tony and I then hopped the Red Line to Wrigley to catch the Cubs v. Mets. It was a great game. It was a cold game. Very cold. Like see-your-breath-why-didn't-I-bring-mittens cold. Heck, I had to bring a jacket for Tony!

Notice all the hoods and caps. My favorite is the the guy straight ahead with his shirt tucked into his hat. It was a frigid fun game. It was almost a record low that day. And the wind off the lake, yikes!

While we enjoyed the game we caught up on our families and whatnot. We all have friends like Tony, the great ones, that regardless of the time or distance, the second you're together it's as if nothing has changed. Just wonderful.

The Cubs won 11-1 and we stuck around to sing Steve Goodman's "Go Cubs Go" (which they play at the end of a Cubs victory) and to watch the Bulls v. Heat playoff game. It was pretty exciting to watch the final seconds with a couple hundred fans in the concessions area at Wrigley. Even though the Cubs game ended, the ushers allowed folks to stay and watch. Too bad the Bulls didn't pull it out, but it was fun.

Cubs Fans rooting for the Bulls at Wrigley. A big city celebrating its teams is a good thing.

So in less than a week we went from near freezing, and mind you this is late MAY, to good ol' hot times, the 90s. Whew, what a turn around, and going from Tuesday to today we endure some ridiculous storms. What's that they say about Chicago weather? If you don't like it, wait an hour or so? Yeah that's it. Arnie, as we've discovered is not a fan of the heat, but he does like the cool tile of our kitchen.

Nick: "Hey Arnie, who's a hotdog?" Arnie: "Hey Nick, who's a jerk? You are! I don't have sweat glands and I'm covered in fur! It's 90º out for god's sake! Hotdog?!? You jackass."

Apparently, Arnie gets mean when he's hot. Ahem.

Speaking of hot, we have to go to the store to buy some fans, but I'll continue later with all the dirty details of Matt Healy's bachelor night out yesterday. Uh-huh!