let's go babies!!

It's spring!!!!

Know how I know? Do ya? DO YA?!? It's beautiful and sunny out today, but that's not how I know. It's the second day of April, and people are wearing lighter and lighter outerwear, but that's not how I know either. It's not that the water taxi has started it's daily trips back and forth up and down the Chicago River, nor is it the increasing numbers of people running, walking, blading and cycling along the lakeshore trail at all hours of the day. No no my friends. On the bus this morning, on my way downtown..

..city workers were taking down the winter beach fences along the lake, transforming it from this to THIS. YEAH BABIES!! That means they're getting ready for sandy, warm weathery good times at the beach! And surely you know what THAT means…? I'll be expecting visits from all you wayward friends who seem to think there are places to live that are superior to Chicago. Because now that it is no longer the unofficial North American Siberia, we can go rollerblading, cycling, swimming, play water frisbee, lay in the sun, go dancing*, drink beer at a blues house or whiskey at a jazz joint, walk the streets at night without fear of being mugged by Jack Frost (that wanker), eat good food and drink great beer on the back patio of the supremely Scottish Duke of Perth (aka the Duke, hands down the best pub in my neighborhood with one of the best Scotch selections in the city), have cheap picnics near North Pond near that really expensive restaurant called .. North Pond, go kayaking up and down the Chicago River, take 3 hour long walks around the city because we can … ok, I really have to finish prepping for my event today. I need to leave in an hour.

For those of you with whom I've been out of touch, apologies. Really. Seriously. Lately my talents for keeping in touch with those I hold in high esteem (probably you if you're reading this) have run right along the same lines as those of a mollusk. Not a cool one. A bitchy one. Thanks all for putting up with me and staying my friend. I like you.



*I realize not all of these are exclusively Spring/Summer activities, but I'm in a good mood for once, and I finally feel like doing them. So eat it