Go Cubs Go!

Happy birthday, America!  What better way to celebrate our independence than by enjoying our national pastime with our “Boys of Summer”, the WORLD CHAMPION CHICAGO CUBS (it still seems surreal saying that).  We rode the Metra and the El up to Wrigley Field with the kids, and were fortunate enough to score some fantastic seats.  If you’re traveling to this great city, and you’re a baseball fan, a trip up to the North Side is an absolute must!  I’m amazed too at how the neighborhood around Wrigley, for better or worse, is constantly changing.  There’s even a huge hotel going in across the street to accommodate the corporate side of the Cubs, which I know a lot of Wrigleyville purists are irate about, but hey, that’s progress.  I remember living 3 blocks away in 1997 in a flea-bag apartment with 2 girlfriends (where it was rumored that someone had been murdered in the laundry room 6 months before we moved in), and we thought we were just the height of sophistication (shout out to Sarah and Erika!)!  How times have changed… I digress.  So the Cubs game- PACKED, and they lost (more like the Cubs I’m used to), but a great way to enjoy 4th of July!

Wrigley gets the special 4th of July treatment!