When the warm weather started I planned to have adventures this summer. Nothing too thrilling, just to take advantage of the outdoor activities Chicago offers in the summer, museums and just being out and about. Oh, and to hopefully leave town at least once, for a few days. Ve is old enough this year to enjoy things and (hopefully) be on good behavior in public. It’s August already and we still haven’t done much. We’ve swam often, went to the park, went to the beach once, but I haven’t gotten in nearly all the things that I wanted to do. I’m blaming the oppressive heat. And work.
Some of my friends were going to Lollapalooza on Sunday, and at the last minute I decided to go too. I haven’t seen live music in a long time, and sometimes I really miss doing the things that I used to do before I became a mom. I’m not one of those people that gave up everything to just be a mom, but it’s true that I don’t get out nearly as much as I was able to before Ve came along. I love being her mom, but I also love taking time away from her to do my own thing.
I’m so glad I went, it was a great time! It was hot and crowded, but there is something amazing about large groups of people coming together for a purpose, even if the purpose is to listen to music and mill about in a large group of people. Grant Park is a great place to see a show at. It’s downtown Chicago, so you can see the skyline from inside the park, which just adds to the special atmosphere.
The music was great, all day. I didn’t sit and watch that many entire performances, mainly because it was hard to sit directly in the sun for a long time. We walked around and tried to hear almost everyone, and took lots of breaks in the shade. I had been looking forward to MGMT, but thought their performance was lackluster. We listened to some of Flosstradamus on the DJ stage and they were great, I wanted to dance but it was too hot. The Arcade Fire was amazing, they sounded great and brought enough energy to the show to send it out into the crowd. I always wonder how some performers can do that, what it is about them that enables them to get up there in front of so many people and really put it out there. It’s a beautiful thing.
I had so much fun, and hopefully I will be inspired to get in some more fun stuff before the nice weather ends!
me
so many people were there!
lobster corn dog
pork, cheese, cilantro...delicious!
matt and jen (taking a picture of me!)
we're tough, if you didn't already know
red wine
alaina and jen
i should have danced!
the arcade fire
me, at the end of the long day
