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Chicago Air and Water Show

Despite the weather being uncooperative it was still a decent weekend. On Friday I hung out on the roof watching them practice. Saturday was the roof-party so I met up with some neighbors and watched and took photos on the big camera until the rain shut it down. Sunday I met with a friend and we went to North Avenue Beach to get the floor level action. There were some crazy strong thunderstorms that passed through in the morning and delayed the show, but that just meant less of a crowd and we got a good spot to sit and watch. I love the Raptor and the Blue Angels. True story: I wanted to be a jet pilot in college, even went to the ROTC recruitment office and filled out the paperwork until I learned that you needed to be at least 5’5″ to fly (at that time anyway) and since the majors offered weren’t anything I was overly interested in I told them I’d go home and think about it…then decided to go to Japan instead. Every year I watch the show and wonder where I might have been if I was just a few inches taller…oh well. Maybe I should go for my pilot’s license? It’s something I’ve always wanted to do.

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Chicago Pride Parade 2019

Pride Parade day started with a “pre-game” party on my roof at 10am. We had hard cider, vodka and orange juice, watermelon soaked in vodka, and an assortment of other drinks. Needless to say, by noon we were all feeling pretty good and made our way to the parade route. The parade was AWESOME as usual. The floats were colorful, the energy was bumping, and everyone was having a great time. However, after a couple hours we started to notice the sky getting darker, and my Samsung Watch kept buzzing with new severe storm watches and warnings, so we decided to end it early and get back to my place before the storms hit us. Despite the weather, it was still a fun time, and I’m glad people were able to make it out to the pre-party!

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Chicago Pridefest 2019

The weather gods were smiling upon us last weekend! Originally we were supposed to have storms, some severe, all weekend but it held off until later Sunday afternoon. My mom came to visit for the weekend, which was an added bonus. On Friday we wandered Boystown, did some shopping, had some ramen at Strings off Belmont, and just enjoyed the sunshine.

Saturday we went to Pridefest and picked up our free swag and saw a few shows. The Drag Show this year was particularly good, likely because it wasn’t 100 degrees out. It’s hard to have a lot of energy when you’re melting hot, so conditions were perfect for them this year. One of the best parts of Pridefest is seeing old friends, there were a lot of people there and it was great seeing everyone on Saturday.

Sunday Pridefest has always been my favorite, mostly because of Miss Foozie’s annual Pet Parade at noon. About 50ish dogs, cats, and sometimes other animals dress up in costume or their best rainbow colors to walk from the north stage to the south stage. It is the CUTEST thing and I love it! When the first round of rain started we dipped into Earth’s Kitchen on Halsted for some late lunch, then once it stopped headed home. We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening watching Good Omens, a new show on Amazon Prime. It has sort of a Monty Python feel too it, and towards the end seemed to drag a bit, but definitely worth the watch for David Tennant’s performance alone.

Looking forward to the Pride Parade next weekend!