What absolutely gorgeous weather we had this weekend! Just the sort to make you want to go out even if you had nothing in particular to do, simply to enjoy it.
I did a fair bit of wandering. Saturday, I walked over to a (relatively) nearby condo building where there was a used bicycle sale going on. However, it was pretty picked over when I got there, and what was left was in really poor condition. So I walked back, too! Later, I had to go to the grocery store for a few things, and walked that, too.
There was also an odd event at the Hyde Park Art Center, called "Fryvalry". Basically, people brought a variety of food, one guy fried up the meat, another guy fried up the non-meat items, and then everybody hung around outside eating and enjoying the day:

Yesterday, I went up to Waukegan for their Independence Day parade (always the Sunday before the 4th) and our annual barbecue at Julie's. The usual marching bands, floats, jugglers at the parade, and the usual bratwurst, hamburgers, and wine at the barbecue. A good time was had by all.
I did a fair bit of wandering. Saturday, I walked over to a (relatively) nearby condo building where there was a used bicycle sale going on. However, it was pretty picked over when I got there, and what was left was in really poor condition. So I walked back, too! Later, I had to go to the grocery store for a few things, and walked that, too.
There was also an odd event at the Hyde Park Art Center, called "Fryvalry". Basically, people brought a variety of food, one guy fried up the meat, another guy fried up the non-meat items, and then everybody hung around outside eating and enjoying the day:

Yesterday, I went up to Waukegan for their Independence Day parade (always the Sunday before the 4th) and our annual barbecue at Julie's. The usual marching bands, floats, jugglers at the parade, and the usual bratwurst, hamburgers, and wine at the barbecue. A good time was had by all.