Blue Man Group; Irish pub

While waiting for a bunch of pictures to upload for an email I am sending out to family; I thought perhaps I would work a bit more on journaling our trip.

For our last full afternoon in Chicago, we treated ourselves to the Blue Man Group at the Briar Street Theater up in Lakeview.  We had seen them before a few years ago, and greatly enjoyed the performance, so decided to experience them again.

As it turns out, they did make some changes to their act, so a lot of it was fresh and fun, and the parts that were the same were a lot of fun, so we did not mind seeing those bits again. They combine comedy with great rhythms, and really make some good satiric points about art, its creation and culture. http://www.blueman.com

Lots and lots of fun!!

After the show, we walked around the Lakeview neighborhood for awhile. It is a part of the city we are not very familiar with, and it was pleasant walking about. I love how so many of the shops had bowls of water set out by their doors for dogs to get drinks, and some even had containers of dog biscuits for their owners to give their doggies a treat!

When we got worn out from the heat, and overwhelmed with the huge crowd of fellow Tigers fans walking southwards from Wrigley Field following that day's game, we found  a cab and rode back to River North.

We ate a great dinner at a restaurant we had never tried before, but all enjoyed a lot. It was an Irish pub/restaurant called the Kerryman. http://www.thekerrymanchicago.com/  the food was very good - Bill had fish and chips, Dan had shepherd's pie, and Steven and I both had delicious macaroni & cheese (made with Irish cheese, naturally). We were all very pleased.

When we got outside, there were threatening storm clouds engulfing the skyscrapers and it was starting to spit a bit of rain. We scuttled back to the House of Blues as quickly as we could.

We settled in for rest, and Dan and I patiently waited for a chance to slip out for a date; we did not want to go if it was storming, and wanted the kids to be relaxed, calm, and happy before we went out.