Those of you not traveling to Chicago for BlogHer need not be jealous. There was an announcement on the news that the kitchen in the Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier was just closed by the Health Department for vermin. Guess where us hungry bloggers will be meeting and eating? Gonna be interesting, that's for sure.
On the other hand, Chicago has plenty of great eats. Des, Alex, Count Mockula and I plan to eat deep dish pizza on Friday night. I have almost convinced my parents to come downtown and join us. That's right! If you'll be in Chicago and want to eat pizza with me, you can meet the people who produced me. Many of you are members of the Mom Reisman fan club, and this is your big chance!
Before all this happens, however, my mom and I are heading over to the infamous Graceland Cemetery to spend a few hours today. Many of Chicago's biggest names currently reside there, and the cemetery plays a fairly interesting role in one of my favorite books, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. (It is an amazing book about the 1893 World's Fair and America's first known serial killer.)
On an unrelated note, but something that is irritating me to no end, I am reminded once again that I should not bother going to concerts. Generally I don't like live musis, as I like to hear songs the way that I know them by heart from CDs, MP3s, or the radio. Still, every five years or so, I am compelled to attend a concert. I went to see Madonna in 2001, and Prince in 2003 (or so). Hated both concerts. This year, I was super psyched to get tickets to see The Police on Aug. 1. Of course, then it turns out that Dr. P will be in town that night, which means that I will be anxious for the concert to end so I can see her. On top of that, I signed up for an eight week online course on travel writing. The first lecture was tonight at 10 PM EST. I completely misunderstood and thought that meant the first online chat was also tonight. No, stupid me. The first fucking chat is on - you guessed it - Aug. 1. So now I am going to miss that unless I miss the concert, and look like an irresponsible idiot. I don't want to miss the concert, as Danger Doll said it rocked the house when she saw it in her home state a few weeks ago, although I fear that I will hate it anyway because I am a dorky loser like that and something will probably upset my conservative musical tastes, most likely a poor rendition of "Roxanne." I am totally stressing over this, which is ridiculous.
Out of curiosity, at this point would you go to the concert or find someone else to take your ticket? (And, as an aside to the aside, if you live in NYC, we have an extra ticket regardless of whether I flake out or not.)
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Deep dish pizza! Oh, how I miss it. Please eat a slice for me!
ReplyDeleteDon't go to the concert. You know you're not gonna have fun, especially with other things looming. If I was in town, I would totally take your ticket. However, I will be in CA. BUT I know someone who lives in my house that would probably go...
ReplyDeleteI've been meaning to read that book. It's on my longlong list.
I am going on the 5th or I would have happily relieved you of your tickets (and taken the extra one). But you may as well go to the concert. I saw Sting a few years ago and he was pretty true to the studio cuts of his music (I also hate when they mess with it) and everything else will be there when you get back
ReplyDeleteI have never seen The Policy live, but I did see Sting sing live during a Victoria Secret Fashion show a couple of years back, and he was TERRIBLE!! He couldnt hit any of the notes and both he and the band were dredfully out of synch. I say sell your tickets on Craigslist and then go to your class and spend the money from the tickes on dinner for you and your friend.
ReplyDeleteP.S. If you want to see more about Sting/The Policy live- go to YouTube
I just remembered that The Police were at Wrigley Field last week. The Tribune music critic gave a mixed review- pretty evenly balanced between negative and positive, but leaning just a tad bit towards the positive side.
ReplyDeleteWhy did you call Graceland Cemetery "infamous"? That sounds negative to me. "Crabcakes" said that Ravenswood Cemetery has famous residents. I think she's mixed up.
I think "Crabcakes" meant Rosehill Cemetery.
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