Saturday, July 03, 2004

7/03/2004 08:35:00 AM
Taste Of Chicago...
Celebrate Chicago with great food and entertainment.

The Taste of Chicago this year started on the 25th of June and culminates on July 4th which is also America's Independence Day. So, to honor the holiday, they extended Taste until 9:30 pm. Chicagoans look forward to these summer events every year.. That's because, we only have three months to enjoy summer heat and the rest of the year, we are all bundled up in our heavy coats..

The great array of food and entertainment enhances the event. This year, the tickets are sold for $7 each, which consists of 11 foodstubs. We weren't able to avail of the discounted tickets which were sold for $5.50 only last June 24 in Dominick's.

My dad has been going home late since Monday because after office hours, he drops by Grant Park to enjoy the concerts held there.. You know, he's been telling me that it was his dream to one day watch the artists perform the songs he grew up to... And now, his dream came into reality.. I'm so happy for him..

I went to see the Taste yesterday.. Around 5 pm, I received a call from Dad telling me to drop by the Consulate so we could all go together. Consul Pat, Ate Millet and the Velarde's will be going as well.. My dad was so excited so he told them, we'd go ahead and just we'll just meet them there..

I was so eager as well because Dad said that Peter Frampton will be performing.. Actually, I don't really know that artist. When dad told me that he was the one who sang "Baby I Love Your Way" I felt so excited as well..

We walked our way to the Grant Park which is just 3 blocks away from the Consulate. We proceeded to the Petrillo Music Shell where the concerts are held. Free Admission peeps..

My sister and I patiently waited for him to sing "Baby I Love Your Way," since it's the only reason why I'm so excited to be there.. After 5 songs since we got there, he did the intro of the song. "Shadows grow so long before my eyes..." Jell and I recognized the familiar intro and felt uber excited that we also went near the stage... Other people did too.. Soon, security were in control.. They tried to tell the people not to go near the performers.. Peter Frampton said, "If you would shun them away, I'd stop performing.." Still, the security did what they had to do. And soon, Peter Frampton walked away from the stage. People started "boo-ing." Started to shout, "We want Peter!!" I was starting to feel disgusted as well coz hey!! The song is the only reason why I wanted to see the concert.. It's the only reason!!!!

When he got back to the stage, he started with a different song to my dismay.. =( We still waited for him to sing it.. We were thinking he'd sing it for his finale.. Unfortunately, the concert ended without him singing it.. Dammit!!! Blame the security..

My mood suddenly changed when Dad bought Eli's cheese cake.. Hahahahaha!!! I love cheese cake really.. It was topped with strawberries.. Yummy!!!

We went to see other performers.. We proceeded to the one sponsored by Illinois Lottery because there were a lot of people headed that way.. Hahaha!!! When we got there, they were singing Lady Marmalade.. I think this was where we really enjoyed grooving to their songs.. Yeah baby yeah!!! (",)

Before we capped the night, we just lounged on the grounds.. Ate the swirly chips.. I dunno what it's called e.. Basta yummy sha... (",) I took pictures.. Sipped Bacardi Limon..Observed other people.. Yeah! Hahaha!! We saw this lady, she was riding on her bike and she had her fuschia lipstick on as if there's no tomorrow.. I swear!! Lagpas lagpas talaga sa lips nya.. Malapit na umabot sa nose and sa chin nya.. Ang weird talaga! She looked like a clown because of the lipstick..Promise... Then on our way sa train station, si Kuya Mel, nag-trip.. Kc there were two sexy young ladies playing frisbee.. Naki join ba naman.. Hahaha!!! And then while walking, sabi nya, at a count of 3 all of us would look up daw.. Tapos other people who saw us started looking up as well.. Then we all laughed!!! There was this lady who got pissed off when we were laughing so hard.. Kasi she looked up din.. Hahaha!!!

We got home at around 10 pm.. I fell asleep na naman sa train.. (",) WE HAD SO MUCH FUN... I'm looking forward to next year's Taste...

To satisfy myself, I just listened to the song online.. Click on the link to hear it..
"Baby I Love Your Way..."

Here are some pics I took... (",)


my freckled arm ewww... stamped with "approved," meaning we could go to the Petrillo to see the concert on stage...


after the concert, we noticed that there was a flock of birds in the sky.. too bad,
i'm just using my phone's camera, that's why it wasn't clear enough..


Chicago's high rise buildings


the stage at Petrillo.. I love the effect..


can you see the Sears Tower? it's the one that looks like a huge syringe on the left.. hahaha!!!


i wanted sana to take a nice picture of the Millenium park, pero sa labas lang kami e.. But I love how the picture looked like..


Haha! This was not taken sa Taste ha.. Sa apartment lang namin to.. That's Reji. He went here sa house just to get the keys sa house nila.. Eh sabi nya mag-picture daw kami.. This guy is so vain I swear.. We had to take the picture thrice.. Kasi daw hindi maganda un nauna.. Haha!!

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::::::::::[much love,,,cath♥]::::::::

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