Activities in the Windy City

You can really tell that I don't have much to do while Kara goes to work because this is the second time I have posted on our blog. Just thought I would relate a little about what I'm doing while I don't have anyone to play with. I'm LOVING Chicago...First of all, last weekend, when we got here, the annual Chicago Blues Festival was going on. So we....I ....got to see some awesome Chicago blues after just stepping off the plane. Tuesday night I went to a popular blues club to see one of the performers I wanted to see, but we weren't able to catch at the blues festival. About halfway through his set, this guy comes in, talks to the club owner for a bit, then walks up to the stage and whips out his harmonica and starts playing along with the band. Much to my amazement, it was James Cotton...(he played harmonica with Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and the old Chicago blues guys, exciting for me). He was in town for the Blues Festival and just decided that that club was where he wanted to hang out that night. Incredible! Today there was a free concert in Millennium Park we caught while Kara and I were strolling through. I've just been wandering around, checking out architecture and listening to music. I absolutely love it here. As a side note, I still haven't found an apartment yet, but I'm trying to fit that into my schedule.

The guy at the mic is James Cotton

Street performer. These guys are all over the place. Wherever you go you hear music.

This is the Monadnock Building. It is the tallest masonry building in Chicago(maybe the world). 1893, just before they started building them out of steel. It was so heavy that it sunk 18in. after it was completed. They had to build steps down into the entrance of the building.