Keeping up with Summer

How is it even possible that July is only a few days away?! While that fact seems unreal, we must say that we have been fully engrossed with summer in the city. People endure those dreadful and agonizing months of winter for the couple of months of summer because summer is that good here. Already we have attended a couple of festivals where we ate our hearts out, summer dance night in the park with half of the city of Chicago, beach time, free summer workouts, free concerts and so much more. The hardest thing about summer is that you just cannot keep up with everything that is going on around the city.

We are definitely not pros, but with this being our second summer, we definitely have more confidence and are able to enjoy things at a different level. In a way we have enjoyed more of the small and simple stuff. The festivals are great and all, but we are getting better at noticing the small stuff that makes Chicago so magical in the summer.

This picture was taken back in April when we were waiting for the harbor to be filled again with boats.

We witness this most Saturdays and it still is one of Mrs. Bluth's favorite things to watch. All the bridges go up to allow the tall boats to go through so they can fill that harbor up. 

This is the view from Mrs. Bluth's floor at work and the other day she noticed something out in the distance. We have grown use to the beauty of all the buildings that we are now spotting the sail boats out in the distance.

You may think that this is just a random street corner, but this little corner is now our favorite spot in the city because this is where we meet everyday after work to finish walking home together. This summer has been so great because Mr. Bluth is actually home in the evenings. 

There is too much to keep up with, but summer has so far been good to us. 

It's All Coming Back To Me Now

Mrs. Bluth recently had a friend who with her husband was trying to decide on two job offers; one in Portland and the other in Chicago. She went to social media to ask for opinions on the pros and cons on both locations and one commentator said that Portland is way better than Chicago because it has beach and Chicago does not.

Chicago does have a beach and we are already making good use out of it on our Saturdays.

This past Saturday we put our towels down close to another couple and we ended up having the best spot on the beach. The other couple had speakers and their play mix consisted of selections from our favorite latin musicians and Celine Dion. Nothing beats basking in the sun with Marc Anthony and Celine Dion in the background. 

When Celine's song, "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" came on, it was a rush down memory lane for Mrs. Bluth as she remembered dancing and attempting to sing all those words with her friend Marissa.

With the song blaring, all the words to "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" came back to Mrs. Bluth. 

For the past four months, Mrs. Bluth has been taking a ballet class. It started out as something to do on Mondays night when Mr. Bluth had classes until 10:00pm, but then an amazing deal and an incredible teacher keeps the Mrs going back for more. Unfortunately the athleticism, grace, and ability have not all come back to Mrs. Bluth, but the desire and love of dancing has all came back. 

The teacher is by far the best of the best and for being a 50 year old guy, his leg extensions can motivate anyone to work harder in class. One cannot forget to mention that he can find something to correct in any movement, even a simple tendu. 

The classes are held in the one of the many architectural gems in Chicago in the old St. Nicholas School located in Ukrainian Village. And yes, the Ukrainian and/or Russian alphabet covers the walls in this old building. 

Moral of this blog post…if you want to actually look forward to a Monday, take a ballet class or do something that you love even if you have not done it for a long time. Parts of it will come back to you.