The Date Night Diaries has been shut down for a while. It's not that we haven't been having date nights, although we've been waylaid by travel, illness and work. Plus, the camera is not always available these days being the most popular camera in the house. In the past months we've seen a few movies and had a few dinners.
In June both of us planned date nights around art fairs in the city. I chose the one in Hyde Park on the UofC campus. I remember the sky threatened rain the whole time, but it didn't come down until we were in a restaurant. Peter had never been to that part of town. We found the art interesting and fun to look at, but there really wasn't anything we had to take home with us.
The following weekend Peter chose the Wells Street art fair. This one felt much more like a street party for the hot and beautiful of Chicago. Very crowded. The art was not at the same level as the other one. We noticed that the photography booths were very similar giving rise to suspicion of inauthenticity. Kind of takes the magic out of an art fair. I mean, you expect everything to be original. But we had a good meal at an Italian restaurant along the street and some much needed conversation.
Last weekend, after 3 weeks of no date night, I took Peter downtown to Navy Pier to see a free spectacle in the night put on by a French performance art company. The group suspended themselves in the air and played bells and drums. it was magical. We also walked from Peter's work building all the way to Navy Pier along the river for the first time and made all sorts of new discoveries. The evening was perfect weather wise, perfect.
So we are kind of caught up. Emma has the camera with her in California for two weeks, but I do have one photo we took after one of the art fairs. When we got home, I had us take this picture trying to get Peter's beloved garden in the background....
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