#9 Arlington Heights Portillo's

The last few weeks have been unbelievably rough with the exception of a really nice visit we had with our good friends at the Arlington Heights Portillo’s.  Between visits #8 and #9 Josh had sinus surgery.  Seems that he had, what the doctor described as a “weird oily substance” trapped in the sinus cavity under his right eye.  The only way to remove it was via, what the doctor described as, a “roto-rooter” like instrument that opens the passage.  What was once the size of a pin hole is now the size of a dime.  Perhaps this is the wrong forum to describe this any further.  Suffice it to say that Josh is now feeling much better and has had fewer headaches.  For complete details, give Joy a call.  While this was going on, our dryer fluffed its last load.  It seems that after 23 years, the motor suddenly, or all of a sudden, or finally, gave out.  After hours of trekking back and forth to Sears, consulting the Consumer Guide, and the Internet, we purchased a new washer and dryer.  Since now it’s almost impossible to find anything made in the U.S., we bought the Korean made LG brand.  Interestingly enough during research we found out that: LG is a big player in washing machines, LG makes the new Kenmore machines, and LG stands for Lucky Goldstar.  Throughout Korea, LG is still known as Lucky.  Let’s hope they're right!

Below you’ll see a picture of Dodie and her daughter Alexa.  You might remember Dodie from the Skokie Portillo’s.  Ironically, this Portillo’s looks exactly like the one in Skokie where I met Dodie on the fourth stop of the quest.  I guess you could call it a quest, right?  Dodie said that this Portillo’s was constructed adjacent to the original Arlington Heights Portillo’s, subsequent to the latter being razed in favor of a parking lot.  It appears that the architects thought that it would have been foolish to construct parallel Portillo’s without providing for parking.  Okay, Dodie didn’t exactly say any of that, I’m just using my pseudo journalistic liberty to paraphrase and embellish her story.  By way of clarification, Dodie also serves as my editor, since she’s a journalism major and a heck of a lot better at grammar than I am.  I hope this is a bit of a challenge for her! Check out the cool hats. You can ask for them on your next visit to Portillo’s.  They're free!!

Jeff
BBQ Chicken Salad (great)
Joy
Cheese Burger (very good)
Josh
Chopped Salad (huh? - guess he needed some roughage)
Dodie
Cheese Burger
Fries
Alexa
Breaded Chicken Sandwich (that's all she ever gets)

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