the countdown conTinues...
only a little while
before cHippy
leaves cHi-town to go back to his own big city.. new youRk..
he's sleepin' now..
and wonder if i should wake him up so he can absorb the last
precious hours he has before he takes the trek to o'hare..
we had a great
weekend.. and fourth.. we drove up to milwaulkee with cRaig
on fRi.day to celebrate his birThday.. we got a hotel room
by the airport and went out for some fabulous piZZa at "liSa's"
.. then went to the "gay" area.. which i think is
just a hand-ful of bars on one block and cRaig introduced
us to co-co channel martinis at "fluid"... then..
off to the club.. "mad planet" .. where we met his
milwaulkee buds..
mann.. wHat a fun
nite.. full of meaningful eX.periences.. a short sTory of
it's own..
it was cool to
get out of chicago.. see what's out there.. i have only seen
the chicago side of the mid-west.. to see the corn fields
finally made me feel more oriented.. more like i have seen
where i am.. the city is great but not the whole of the mid-west..
i saw america this
weekend.. finally..
on the fourth we
went to the taste of chicago.. cRiag drove down and joined
cHippy and i and dived into the crowds at gRant park.. the
park that has the "married with children" water
foutain.. surrounded by the harbour and the tall buildings
of downtown we used our tickets to sample different foods
of the city.. pizza.. jerk chicken.. bufallo burgers.. fish..
cheesecake.. the list of foods and venders were endless it
seemed.. but we filled ourselves along with others.. lots
of people.. black.. white.. mexican.. asian.. native american..
middle eastern.. all the americans were there..
again..
i saw america this
weekend .. finally..
we ended our "taste"
with a ride on the farris wHeel and spun a couple times over
the harbour and up towards the buildings..
after... we headed
with the crowds of ameria to the harbour.. we layed on the
grass and watched the dusk turn to dark and waited for the
fireworks..
"cRaig's here!
.. start the fireworks.." ..
we then jetted
home and had chocolate martinis.. and toasted cRiag's real
birthday that started monday.. and then eX.cused myself..
and passed out on my bed.. i was so tired that nite.. and
swore i dreamed of all those people.. i had met over the weekend..
like that scene in "big fish" where he see's all
the people he knew in his life..
i saw america this
weekend.. finally..
