the simple life

last night, taher and i went to eat a restaurant in chinatown (they have the best lettuce wraps i've ever eaten) and then after a brief stop at home to do namaz, we went to a play. the play was on the north side and we took Lake Shore Drive to get there. we had the windows down, we were in high spirits, anticipating a good play and singing along with paul simon, and i stopped for a moment and just took it all in.

and realized that memories like this are the ones i will treasure most. and strive to keep creating.

i love driving along leisurely with taher, looking at chicago, absorbing the people and the stores and the moon and the lake. as complicated as i make my life, it is moments like that one in which i realize that happiness is really quite simple.

good, genuine company. a song to sing together, loudly, badly, freely. a lake, a moon, a car, a city, a play. a charmed evening indeed.