i love living in chicago. summers are the best time to live in this great city. you can always count on something exciting to keep you entertained. this weekend proved to be a great chicago weekend.
friday i got to spend time with some great friends that i don't get to see everyday. we all enjoyed some wine and conversation! it was a great evening, hosted by the fabulous andrea!
saturday was the l.a.t.e. ride that i signed up months before i actually owned my new bike! i first noticed this bike event through the wonderful "chicago works" television show on public access tv. i'm addicted to it, i have no other excuse! anyway...this 25-mile trek through the north neighborhoods begins at 130 a.m. and ends as the sun rises. it begins and ends at buckingham fountain. i was getting so excited for this ride (not a race, not a race!). i had been riding up and down the lake to prepare for the much longer voyage that was to take place. after a day of running errands (and nursing a slight hangover) i didn't get too much time to rest! so at 1am we make our way to buckingham, just in time for our wave to take off! let me tell you, thousands of people riding along the same city streets. i'll admit - it was slight a cluster, but everyone was so nice (much different than the professional bikers yelling LEFT at you along the lakefront trail!). also enjoyable, were the multitude of drunk people coming out of the bars to cheer on the riders. we made our way through the course and arrived back at belmont around 430am. (since we rode down to buckingham prior, we had decided that our 25 miles would conclude at belmont instead of buckingham!) after baby powdering my ass, i crashed hard in bed!
the gay games. chicago is fortunate to be the host of gay games VII. saturday evening was the opening ceremonies at soldier field. choosing not to spend $150 on a ticket, i stayed at home and watched them on streaming video. um, glad i didn't spend (or shall i say, waste) my money on this production. okay...what homo couldn't produce a spectacular ceremony?! this was your chance! we're supposed to be known for our outlandish, dramatic productions! this, was, well...sad. granted the hot boy was roaming around the field in his tight tank top, but what was his point?! just because he wrapped himself in a rainbow flag does not mean that we get it! one gay kiss, though, to our supportive mayor. granted he has every intention to use clips from this for his 2016 olympic bid, but the man was present, cheering on the gay community!
even though the games have just started, i'm over them. but, before being completely over them, i HAD to attend the cheer and color guard exhibition at millennium park on sunday. it was great! there were six cheer squads (mad props to cheer sf and cheer ny) and a handful of color guards. R.O.T.C. chicago (righteously outrageous twirling corps) takes the gold in my book, but flaggots ohio definitely wins the award for best name! even though i drank 5 bottles of water and was sweating and burning like a mo'fo', i enjoyed the entire two hours! it definitely made me want to rush the stage and grab a rifle or flag out of some innocent homo's hands and start spinning (not twirling, people!). yes! i used to be quite good at spinning the flag. just ask my mom! she still has a few marks on the ceilings to prove it! while she may have sold my flag, i'm still tempted to join one of the two chicago groups!
a great chicago weekend! and guess what....it was essentially all free!
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oh, i've seen you spin AND twirl, don't deny it! remember when we used to get drunk and go back to your place at sterling and you'd drag out that damn flag and knock over half the stuff in your room while pretending to be a majorette or whatever you call those chicks? good times. glad you had a gay (homo and happy) weekend!
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