Today we took David to the Taste of Chicago. For anyone who's not familiar, to make up for the horrific winters, Chicago has a tremendous number of festivals in the summer in an attempt to make you forget how much it stinks to shovel snow and not see the sun for 6 months in a row. The Taste is the biggest and Kevin's favorite. There are about 64 booths from various Chicago area restaurants set up in the middle of Grant Park downtown. It is a week and a half long tribute to large crowds and obesity. Kevin once went 9 of the 10 days, and, perhaps more impressive, we once managed to eat something from 40 different vendors. Anyway...today was David's first trip to the Taste, and Kevin was very very excited. We set up a blanket on the grass, and Kevin ran from booth to booth bringing us food. I watched David, who pretty much refused to remain on or near the blanket for more than 15 seconds at a time. Overall, it was a success. We ate fried artichoke hearts, vegetable tempura, pot stickers, spinach pizza, Greek sausage, an empanada, garlic cheese bread, ribs, a rainbow cone and cheesecake. David and Kevin also tried shark. Not bad for an hour and a half.Totally psyched to go the Taste. David enjoyed his tempura.
In honor of his grandmama LaBorde. Finishing off his Taste experience with Eli's.
4 comments:
My favorite - a rainbow cone! Thanks, David, I hoped you enjoyed it!
Love,
SC GM
You are a far braver woman than myself. Kudos on the double dessert.
We're happy David enjoyed his first Taste experience!
' thought for sure that Kevin would have shared a turkey leg with David!
Hugs from Grandma & Grandpa M.
I'm especially impressed that there was no yakking involved! You're breaking that child in right! Please since you're heading this way (for barbeque, southern style no doubt), bring me a Chicago style hotdog and a slice of cheesecake-thanks. Mn
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