« rain, rain, don't go away / we need you this dry and dusty day | Main | »
August 20, 2005
you're wasting your time / if you're fishing round here
First the portapotties showed up. This was Monday. Empty white tents followed. Friday, the running path was dotted with trashcans every 10 feet. It was quite a site. I deduced that something much be going on the lakefront that weekend. My question was answered not too much later as I listened to NPR and the local announcer mentioned that the air and water show will be this weekend.
Mystery solved. According to Tom’s source, “they” expect 2 million people on North Beach today. I have doubts that 2 million people can fit on north beach. But I would think that an estimation of 2 million people watching from different site would be logical.
I when running before it started this morning as to hopefully avoid the crowd. It was amazing the number of people already set up for the event. It was more amazing the tents, grills, chairs, and other miscellaneous things they had with them. This one family looked like they had moved in for the weekend.
I finally made it to the Evanston farmer’s market this morning. It is totally worth it, but never do I come up here on the weekend. I got fresh mushrooms! So cool. I also got pretty flowers, tomatoes, corns, edamama, and green and red peppers. It was awesome. I am up in Evanston for what else but work. Plod on. It is hard to be motivated when things are standing still, but I know they are going to forward unless I work. At least I’m not stumped. The worst thing about things at a standstill is not knowing what is going one. I’m not sure what is going on, but I still have ideas and plans of what to change to try to get us moving again.
Tom and I saw Broken Flowers last night. It was good. Very much what I expect from Bill Murray nowdays.
Posted by christina at August 20, 2005 1:25 PM