We left San Luis Obispo airport at 7:52am (Pacific) and got in to our vacation rental at 6:30pm (Central). The flights were uneventful and our luggage wasn’t lost, thank goodness. The condo looks just as good as the photos but smells a little funky. Turns out, it’s also super noisy in the morning if you keep the windows open. Oh well, it’s STILL better than Motel 6.
After we got in we unpacked and headed out in search of dinner. We were starving and ended up eating deep fried veggies and buffalo wings at a local bar. Pretty good. We went back to the condo to relax and make phone calls and then Rick found a cool-sounding Irish bar we could go to - The Emerald Loop. We rode the red line for a bit to get there and that was pretty exciting to a Chicago-newb like me 
The Emerald Loop is a gorgeous old place in downtown. They have very pretty stained glass fixtures all over along with some very beautiful paintings. There’s one massive painting in the dining room that I couldn’t tear my eyes off of. The bar looks huge and old and gleaming. And the service was great. Our waiter, Mark, was very friendly and funny and we chatted basketball. Unfortunately we were too full to try the food (which they seem to serve as late as you like) but their Guinness draft is the best I’ve ever had - poured smooth and ice cold, like chocolate milk with a memory-foam head.
We ended the night with an Irish Car Bomb and haiiled a cab (!) to get home. That was fun.