Last Thursday i embarked on a road trip to Los Angeles which was broken into 4 nights in 4 cities . Kathleen joined me to keep me awake LOL ! We left our place at 3:45 AM last Thursday and picked up Richard who was driving with us to Buffalo to cross border since it was his furniture and his rental truck .... yes it is the long route to LA i know but it had to be done :( We had no problems at the border and dropped Richard off at Buffalo Airport and we hit the road . The plan is to stop in Chicago for our first night and meet up with Chicago Villan Chariman Simon Leach :) 
When we were driving i would get Kathleen to look up and book hotels for us , we decided it is best to stay near the O'Hare Airport and take the hotel shuttle to the airport then jump on the Blue Line to get down to the city where we went to watch the Chicago Jazz Festival before meeting Simon (actually we were supposed to go with him but plans changed ) we booked a room at the Travellodge which was ok i guess but kinda on the low end of rooms ... size was good but the bathroom was falling apart . Regardless after 13.5 hours of driving i was ready for a drink so i showered and we headed down to Jay Pritzker Pavilion to watch Ernest Dawkins perform his Homage to Nelson Mandela: Ernest Dawkins’ Memory in the Center, an Afro Jazz Opera . http://jazzinchicago.org/jazzfest/ernest-dawkins/
What a coincidence that the concert i end up has to do with South Africa ??? and yeah it was pretty darn good stuff ! First things first get me a beer ... Green Line please and thank you :) great micro brewery over in Chicago that i have enjoyed before and thankfully they were at the festival which was packed and totally cool ... the band space there is ridiculous as you can see above ! it's in the middle of a park , you walk past the Bean from the Magnificent Mile to get there too ... the crowd was very chill and the music was very inspiring , it definitely inspired me to stay longer and have another beer !
We stuck around as long as we could then headed over to Giordano's for a good Chicago style pizza http://giordanos.com/shop/?utm_campaign=GID2013&utm_medium=SEM ... actually not good , GREAT ! Oh yeah i have eaten here before and super YUM :) We went to a different location this time which was pretty packed so we asked for a table and sat at the bar ... we were also waiting for Simon to show up with his friend . I HIGHLY suggest eating at Giordano's and order a small for 2 people , we couldn't even finish ours but learned that last time we were here when we ordered one each and didn't get anywhere close to finishing these Goliath pizzas :)
What a coincidence that the concert i end up has to do with South Africa ??? and yeah it was pretty darn good stuff ! First things first get me a beer ... Green Line please and thank you :) great micro brewery over in Chicago that i have enjoyed before and thankfully they were at the festival which was packed and totally cool ... the band space there is ridiculous as you can see above ! it's in the middle of a park , you walk past the Bean from the Magnificent Mile to get there too ... the crowd was very chill and the music was very inspiring , it definitely inspired me to stay longer and have another beer ! We stuck around as long as we could then headed over to Giordano's for a good Chicago style pizza http://giordanos.com/shop/?utm_campaign=GID2013&utm_medium=SEM ... actually not good , GREAT ! Oh yeah i have eaten here before and super YUM :) We went to a different location this time which was pretty packed so we asked for a table and sat at the bar ... we were also waiting for Simon to show up with his friend . I HIGHLY suggest eating at Giordano's and order a small for 2 people , we couldn't even finish ours but learned that last time we were here when we ordered one each and didn't get anywhere close to finishing these Goliath pizzas :)
I brought Daniel Peever's AVFC flag with me LOL figured i would take it for the trip since i was meeting with a few Villa Supporters on the way ... kinda fitting that the picture above you can tell the wind is blowing in the windy city . We had to skip out early because Kathleen was actually falling asleep at the table :( yeah we were both tired but i wanted beer hehehe! oh well ... we took an Uber cab to Simon's place dropped him off and continued to our hotel to pass out . Tomorrow we have to make it to Omaha , Nebraska ....
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