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mojosmomI woke up early this morning and headed to the Lincoln Park Zoo (pictures here). It's not as big or elaborate as Brookfield, but:
a) it's free
b) I can get there on the bus
c) it has a lovely setting, in a park in the middle of the city.
A lot of the animals, especially among the big cats and bears, were "off exhibit", as their habitats are being worked on. (It was pretty amusing to see an area marked "bears", full of homo sapiens!) But there were plenty left to see, and I spent an enjoyable two hours or so watching the animals, human and non-. The Green City Market is just south of the zoo, so I stopped there and bought a few things before I headed home.
Then later I drove up to Waukegan for a performance of Guys and Dolls, Jr. It was put on by a performing arts camp at Waukegan's restored Genesee Theatre. My friend Cheryl's oldest daughter, Jennie Len, had the role of Nicely, Nicely. The kids ranged in age from 9 to 14, and, as you can imagine, their talents ran the gamut as well. There were a couple only a mother could love, most were average but enthusiastic, and another couple were standouts. The girl who played Miss Adelaide could have been a professional. Great voice, great stage presence, a real natural. They cast way against type for Big Juley - the actor was the smallest and youngest girl in the group, and, gosh, did she make a meal of the part!
So all in all, a very enjoyable day.
a) it's free
b) I can get there on the bus
c) it has a lovely setting, in a park in the middle of the city.
A lot of the animals, especially among the big cats and bears, were "off exhibit", as their habitats are being worked on. (It was pretty amusing to see an area marked "bears", full of homo sapiens!) But there were plenty left to see, and I spent an enjoyable two hours or so watching the animals, human and non-. The Green City Market is just south of the zoo, so I stopped there and bought a few things before I headed home.
Then later I drove up to Waukegan for a performance of Guys and Dolls, Jr. It was put on by a performing arts camp at Waukegan's restored Genesee Theatre. My friend Cheryl's oldest daughter, Jennie Len, had the role of Nicely, Nicely. The kids ranged in age from 9 to 14, and, as you can imagine, their talents ran the gamut as well. There were a couple only a mother could love, most were average but enthusiastic, and another couple were standouts. The girl who played Miss Adelaide could have been a professional. Great voice, great stage presence, a real natural. They cast way against type for Big Juley - the actor was the smallest and youngest girl in the group, and, gosh, did she make a meal of the part!
So all in all, a very enjoyable day.
