Taste of Summer

What a great weekend. I love it when I have the chance to step out into the city and experience something new. Friday night after work a co-worker invited me to Improv Olympics, an improvised sketch comedy theater near Wrigley Field. I'd never been and the show that evening was improvised Shakespeare so the story line was based upon Shakespearean stories and acted out with the language of his work. It was hilarious! Awesome little theater/bar too, so you feel right in the thick of things. After the show we walked through the rain and I finally tasted Ian's macaronni and cheese pizza after a handful of recommendations over the years. Yet another Chicago experience I had been lacking! And yes, it is as amazing as it sounds!

Saturday I headed out to Taste of Lincoln Avenue, one of the bigger and better street festivals throughout the city of Chicago in the summer. Met up with Stacy and Marlena. Beautiful weather and wonderful people watching as we wadded through the crowds before the show. We caught a fantastic set by Tyrone Wells. I have friends that love him but I had never heard much of his work. Very entertaining though, coming back to the Chicago area in October and I think I may have to go! After Tyrone was the show we'd been waiting for, Tonic! Once again my love for 90's alt rock bands reared it's head and has yet to let me down. Their set was incredible, one of the loudest shows I'd been to in years and this was outside even! Tons of mini-jam sessions and songs that time warped me back into the mid-90's. Absolutely loved it.

Above: Emerson Hart, lead singer of Tonic and full band shot.