a hot time in the old town tonight...

friday started with a bike ride that, at the furthest point from the house, had a rear puncture. oh well. the saddle bag that usually houses my tube, levers and co2 had been taken off because of a broken zipper. and i didn't grab any of it heading out the door. so, robin had to come and get me and my workout was cut short.

after grappling with traffic on friday, we made it to the show in time to see most of the national, modest mouse and of course, rem. modest mouse was more enjoyable in the large united center than they were at the orpheum, but i still say i like them more on their studio recordings then live. rem rocked the house and they played a lot of tunes from the archives as you can see in the set list. it almost had the feel of a farewell concert...but let's hope not because between the show and the recent album, they definitely still have it.

saturday we took a architecture boat tour...it was really fun. here is one of my favorites from robin:



the trump tower is coming along nicely:



anyway, the rest of the day was spent on michigan ave. pizza at due, top of the hancock, shopping (room and board is even better in person than in catalog). it was a great weekend away with my wife. a much needed departure from 'real life.'

thanks to ron and christy for watching our 65 pound menace to society (and for somehow exhausting him).

happy monday.

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