Venetian Night

This weekend was Venetian Night in Chicago.  It was a very nice night in the city.  The parade of decorated boats and the fireworks were excellent.

Ben, Stephanie, Carrie, Jenny, and I ate at the now closed Bennigan’s on Michigan Ave before heading to the lake.


The people-watching at these events is great!  One man sitting in front of us was grilling his chicken and shrimp and went nuts after someone complained that his grill and chicken stunk.  He was not happy.  Fortunately his alcohol-fueled brutality didn’t spill over into the crowd.  He walked it off.

Windy City Rockers and Beantown Boppers

 

The Drake family (Carole and John), and Jenny and I saw Styx and Boston at Northerly Island... a great place to see a show!


Tommy Shaw is a great performer.  This was my first time seeing Styx and I hope it will not be my last.  I really enjoyed those guys live... who needs Dennis anyway!


Boston is still a rockin’ band too.  The story about their new lead singer and his rise to glory is quite exciting.


You can read about both bands here:

    Styx

    Boston

Made In America

This past weekend Stephanie, Ben, Jenny, and I went to Summerfest in Milwaukee... the largest music festival in the world!

And leave it to Wisconsin to produce Old Milwaukee beer, deep fried cheese, and women who dress like this.  This chick pulled out her patriotic red, white, and blue jeans from 1982.  Her friends probably told her they would look great with her sequined American flag shirt.  Classic!


Fortunately for everyone at Summerfest I sent this picture to the large LCD screen next to the hard rock stage so that everyone could experience patriotism the Wisconsin way!


Happy 4th!