Sunday afternoon, Brewers down by one in extras (again), the house somewhat clean.

Yesterday I drove to Chicago for the Stars of the Lid concert at the Lakeshore Theatre right on Broadway. The afternoon turned out mellow, just light cleaning and hanging out with the boys and their friends. I snagged something to eat at four and got on the road Traffic wasn’t bad, just a bit of a backup on the Edens, so I got off at Peterson and threaded my way east. I suppose I could have jumped on Lake Shore Drive early but I crawled down Clark instead. The sidewalks were crowded with yuppies on their way to dinner. I slipped on Lake Shore Drive at Foster and fell south to Belmont. Although James didn’t believe I’d find parking I snagged a spot in front of the new Taco and Burrito House a couple blocks from the venue. Walking Broadway was cool. Remember, I used to walk this route about once a week from the time I was eighteen until we moved to Wisconsin. The party girls in their pretty dresses were starting out early and couples held hands, blocking the sidewalk. I hung out around Borders, waiting for James to return my call. He was at a bar out on Lawrence. He and I agreed to meet down near Wrigley so I took Clark back south, checked in at a couple bookstores, and slipped into James’ car. We found parking on Belmont and walked over to a waffle place Melissa and her friend wanted to check out before getting into line near 9:30PM. The show was supposed to start at 10 but some comedian at an earlier show ran late so the doors didn’t even open until 10:30. The first act (a guitarist running his strings through a computer…it was actually really cool) played from 10:45 to 11:15. SOTL played from 11:45 until 1. They were great. I was really tired, practically closing my eyes, but they were fantastic. Here’s a youtube clip from a show earlier in the month that will show you a bit of what it was like better than I can describe it:

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I bought a poster, too. The drive home was ok until the last half hour, when I started hallucinating cop cars and hitchhikers. Oh, I also grabbed Taco and Burrito House as I was leaving and had the torta when I got home.

This morning I woke near 10. Now, I’m normally up about the time I arrived home so I’m totally thrown by sleeping late. The hour is past five but I feel as if I should be eating lunch. S, T and I played baseball, the Brewers lost, and the house is somewhat clean. Could be worse. Tomorrow I’ll be busy at work all day. More later.