Weekend Notes...

Chicago festivals are interesting...  They all have their own unique mood to them.  I met my wife at the Lakeview Festival, which used to on Clark and Addison and was moved over to Sheffield and Addison.  Today, I'm not sure that festival still goes on since the Metromix Festival Guide doesn't seem to list it.  That festival was about drinking...  considering all the bars on the street in which it was held...  once it was moved over to Sheffield, it changed.  I went the year it was moved and did not have a good time. 

I find Ribfest to be enjoyable because of the good food and descent location on Lincoln right at the six corners of Lincoln, Irving Park and Damen.  I first met a helping of ribs and cheese fries there, which has brought me back year after year...

This past weekend the Boss and I returned to the Folk and Roots Festival sponsored by the Old Town School of Folk Music on Lincoln at Montrose and Welles Park.  I like this festival because it is great for hippie watching.  It is less about food and more about the music, (which from what we heard, granted we were only there for the first three hours of the festival with baby in tow, sucked and the band Unibrown is NOT good) and sales of hemp necklaces and ferret discs.

Anyway...  these are three unique festivals that vary so greatly in what they offer and the vibe they exude.  And that my friends, in a nutshell, explains Chicago.  Much like the differing neighborhoods and diverse population, summer in the city of "Big Shoulders" is about the different ways we like our festivities and how ALL of us can go to each to enjoy and take part in it together.