Another Little Love Song, This Time to My Adopted City

Can you be nostalgic for a place before you've even left it? I don't know, but I've been feeling a little like that lately. I may be moving on next year, after eleven years in Chicago. On one level I'm ready to go, even looking forward to it. But the realization that this adventure might be coming to an end brings such power and poignancy to every moment, every experience, every breathtaking glimpse of the skyline by night. I love this city.

Tonight i went to Millennium Park and heard the Deep Blue Organ Trio at the Chicago Jazz Festival. Standing above the beautiful Pritzker Pavilion, listening to some fine music, catching just the slightest cool breeze on a hot summer evening, there was a moment when time seemed to stop, when the world seemed absolutely perfect.

The Deep Blue Organ Trio at the Pritzker Pavilion

Twilight at the Pritzker Pavilion

Sweet Attila's Comes To the RP

We like our ribbon-cutting ceremonies here in Rogers Park. Tonight was the grand opening of Sweet Attila's Bakery and the Growling Rabbit Café at Sheridan and Lunt (the site of the old Café Ennui). This event was part of Alderman Joe Moore's "Follow Me on Friday" series--a great idea that helps introduce people from the neighborhood to some of our many eating and drinking establishments. I don't usually go, but this time the invitation included the word "cookies." I had one of their delicious cheese and bacon mini-scones from the farmers' market a few weeks ago, and have the feeling i'll be visiting them on a regular basis.