Glasses RETURNED and Other Notes....
Monday already? I say that every week, don't I? Hmmmm. We had a good weekend though so I can's complain (well, except for the moment that we discovered that the Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb PS2 game won't play on PS3....that was ugly).
Friday afternoon we headed off to Chicago to see Amy Rigby and Wreckless Eric and RETURN HER LONG LOST GLASSES! We took off at 2:30---we were supposed to meet an old friend for dinner at 6:00 at Schuba's....3 and a half hours---seemed like plenty of time. HA! First we hit incredible storms halfway there. I don't think I ever have seen the sky so intensely black---these picture just give a tiny hint.
It settled down to just a steady rain but then we hit a construction area and stopped dead. Listening to the radio we were told it was a TWO HOUR back up. Our plans for dinner were quickly going out the window. We eventually got off the highway and took a different road up to miss that but lots of others were doing it as well so of course it took forever. We finally made it to Schuba's at about 7:15. It was a 7:30 show so it all worked out. They sounded really great. Amy did a song called Do You Remember That toward the end that was just killer and of course Wreckless Eric doing Whole Wide World.....well, it's just pretty amazing. Our friend Jim who we'd been going to meet for dinner met us for the show and we went for a drink after and it was wonderful to see him. Jim had been Ernie's boss while he worked at Second Hand Tunes in Hyde Park in the early 90's---seems like yesterday as well as eons ago as those things often do so it was really lovely to catch up with him.
This is Amy actually taking possession of her glasses. Whew.
Ernie and Jim Mayhercy:
It felt funny to be back in the city---so familiar and so different at the same time. I'm absolutely amazed by the amount of new infill construction that is there---that's the biggest change. When we left to head to a hotel we decided to drive east to Lake Shore Drive just to admire the city....
The hotel was o.k. Our room was decorated with some images of building----this one cracked me up. The Wainwright in CHICAGO?
Of course the next day driving home it was sunny and peaceful and quick---unlike the day before....
We were tired on Saturday so treated it as a lazy day. Yesterday we gave Ernie a couple of little presents in the morning, took him out to lunch (the boys' idea) and then over to Exile on Main Street to buy some music. Then we had the whole ugly heartbreak of the Indiana Jones game but eventually the family recovered and Ernie barbecued some wonderful ribs (yes, I guess he did cook his own dinner as Father's Day as my sister pointed out...whoops!), we ate late and then watched a couple of storm stories because it's one of the few shows that Leo will watch with us and then I trundled off to bed. Owen showed up later with a surprise bowl of ice cream for me. Life is good.