Alvarez is one of my favs too :) Wow, that's cool that you like it that much! I watched one ep randomly a while back, and it was pretty good, but not enough to keep me hooked. Maybe I'd like it more if I started from the beginning.

Oh neat. My dad grew up in Chicago too! Well, the suburbs. And I've been there a few times myself and loved it. Though yeah, it was freezing the time I went in winter. Yup, sometime after I graduate. Once I've figured out how to get a job. I might try living on my own here in VA first, though. Once step at a time.