No bars within a mile radius this weekend as Kyle was being adventurous and was picking up some roadkill in the Madison-Chicago 200 Mile Relay. The weekend ended up being perfect for street festivals, so not many bars would have been conquered anyway. The greatest thing Chicago has going for itself in the summer Chicago are its street fests, and there were a plenty this weekend. Annie and I headed over to the Old Town Art Fair, which commemorates the three year anniversary of me taking the intern at work out for our first date. OTAF is great for people and dog watching, and also some amazing art thrown in there. I would never actually consider buying any pieces here as the prices are well above my budget, but it is still fun to glance around and partake in the adventure of art watching.
After Old Town we headed up North to RibFest and met up with the Internet Celebrity Baumer and Chuckelstiltskin. If it wasn't for the music lineup, I wouldn't recommend going to RibFest. There are way too many drunk individuals crammed in to a 2 block area of North Center and you can wait a good 30-45 minutes in line to get your sticky hands on some mouth watering ribs. Fortunately Walter Meego and Margot and the Nuclear So and So's were gracing the stage Saturday night. Walter Meego was sub-par in my book, playing the newly recorded mellower songs they been writing lately, until eventually finishing with there as heard in a the Heineken commercial jingle, "Forever". For what Meego's set lacked, Margot and the ... more than made up for for. I didn't know much about the band before this weekend, but was pleasantly surprised by their sound and on-stage antics. The only way I can describe them is as a mix of Arcade Fire and Gogol Bordello. The 2nd percussionist alone was enough entertainment as he was just loving life on stage.
The night concluded at Matilda's were Eickoff showed up three sheets to the wind. Kyle was MIA still feeling the effects of racing 21 miles in an 18 hour period. We also learned that Belly's has closed and has been completely ransacked. Too bad we already hit up that bar earlier in the year as it may crack our Top 10 worst bars list (which is coming).
