a taste of insanity

3 moms + 4 kids + intense sun + large crowds - naps = pandemonium.

here's the run down of the days' events:

we rode: the L train

we arrived at the festival:

we ate: fried plantain with spicy peanut sauce, veggie gyros, vegetable tempura, nutella crepe, garlic cheese bread, guacamole with chips, roasted corn, gazpacho with avocado, and rice pudding with mango and dried cranberries.

we drank: water, lemonade, more water, beer

we saw:hoofers

buckingham fountain

we played, danced, and relaxed:


elijah courted nora:


we heard: joss stone

we learned: that Chicago public transportation is not nearly as accessible as it ought to be.

but mostly we survived and had a pretty great time in the process!