Summer is kind of sort of starting to pick up here in
Chicago, and for us that means it was time for our annual adventure to one of
our favorite street festivals in one of our favorite neighborhoods in this
city. We spent the better part of today in Andersonville to celebrate
Midsommarfest. I’m a big fan of Andersonville because of the diversity, the
family friendly atmosphere and the great worldly eateries in the area. And
Midsommarfest brings together all of these things together to make for a
wonderful weekend event.
As a tip for those of you in the Chicago area, we found a
way to circumvent the $10 a person admission fee in the last few years. Gates
formally open for the street fest at 11:00 am, so we arrive in the neighborhood
roughly an hour before hand and enjoy brunch at Svea,
one of my favorite Scandinavian spots in the city. I’m particularly keen on the
Viking breakfast, which comes with two eggs of my choice (sunny side up J), Swedish sausage,
fried potatoes and Swedish pancakes with lingonberries. YUM!
Between my wife and I, with tip, our total breakfast bill
came out to $26. So we bypassed paying the fest fee entrance and got an
excellent breakfast at an affordable price, especially compared to the usual
marked up street fest food choices. From there we gather with the crowd to take
in some May pole dancing at Clark and Foster and enjoy the rest of the
festival.
There’s excellent music – Chicago Samba in particular was my
wife’s favorite -, great people watching, and on this particular Saturday an
excellent chance to enjoy what has been a much belated showing of great weather
in Chicago. While I’m not one to make impulse purchases and buy much of
anything at street fests, it was nice to start getting some ideas for Father’s
day which is right around the corner and see some of the latest trends that are
starting to hit the street. One of which, which my wife predicted some time
ago, is that local artists are starting to diversify their pieces of art from
wall hangings onto coasters. Another, which we both are not particularly keen on, are the awful motel 6 curtains that women in Chicago are wearing as dresses. I know this isn't a fashion blog, but they're awful, just awful.
So from Chicago, happy belated summer to everyone out there!
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