I spent this weekend on Lake Michigan with a friend, Chicago style. The air and water show was either going on or at least practicing, and we decided we would head down to the lake to watch after hearing the planes fly by the apartment.
However, after making it to the lake, we sat and chatted, watching boats sail, people in wetsuits train, and random tourists, families, and couples pass by us. We noted two very fun facts. (1) People from Chicago don't really think too much about heading to the lake or actually do it. Most people we saw this weekend were definitely tourists. We deduced it's probably due to annoyance or logistics. (2) People watching is an excellent sport. You see everything: happy families, people fighting in public, women in clothes they should never be allowed to wear, sunburns that hurt you for looking at them, and people doing funny things when they think no one is watching. Unfortunately, you also run into people asking you for money or something, but that goes along with the territory I guess.
Overall, great afternoon. Somewhere between the Jersey Shore boat on the lake pumping music so loudly it became the soundtrack for the afternoon and watching the people walk by us while we chatted, we passed two hours on the waterfront. Hopefully we'll find our way back there sooner rather than later. My recommendation? Go enjoy everything the lakefront offers before we all start wondering when double-digit temperatures will return.
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