WE MADE IT

This morning I woke up and walked beneath branches covered in bright blossoms and green leaves to have coffee at Lovely. I came home, opened all of the windows, took the storm door out of the kitchen and brought the humidifier and space heater to the basement. Later Molly and I walked until we found a place to sit and eat and drink outside, which happened to be super nachos at Picante, with BYOB Hefeweisens from D&D Liquors next door. In the evening Ben came home and Molly left, and when we were hungry again Ben and I got on our bikes, ending up at Twisted Spoke where we sat up on the roof and watched the sun go down over beers and burgers.

Yesterday I biked to a Kentucky Derby party with lots of cool people I hadn't met before in Logan Square. I won $40 when Mine That Bird came in first. We ate artichokes and then Ben met me and Lara and Steve at a fantastic coffee shop-- New Wave-- where along with great sandwiches, coffee, and cupcakes they have one of those enormous big box TVs from the 90s where you can play original Nintendo for free. In case you were wondering, Ben rules at Nintendo.

On Friday I biked with my little guitar to teach 4 classes, then around Wrigleyville to teach 3 private lessons, to Lincoln Square for a mind-blowingly good rehearsal of brand new material with Come Sunday, and then I met up with my old friend Liz and we sat in Garcia's till past midnight enjoying burritos and margaritas.

This is what we have been waiting for. This is it. Winter is gone. This is why we live here. IT IS AWESOME.


Pretty good weekend of total free time after last week's insanity: 4 gigs with 4 different bands. Congress of Star1ings at OTS, It's A Glrl at Experimental Sound Studio, Lindsay & Jesse at the Beat Kltchen, Baba Man0uche at Cheif O'Neill's. Plus the last week of WW, voice and piano classes I was teaching, the last week of the songwriting class I was taking, and family in town for Mom's bday and to see the shows. Everything came together great, the Beat Ktchen show was packed... what a high point. And now, it's warm out. Yes.