Bad Axe Throwing Birthday!

On Saturday I headed to Bad Axe Throwing for a birthday party.  I’ve never there before so I did not know what to expect.  The only thing I knew was to wear close-toed shoes.  Since it warmed up to the 80s, I opted for my converse sneakers and my denim cutoffs.

Once there, we had to sign a waiver and then we were all set to go.  We had a pretty big group, but the instructor did a good job demonstrating different forms of axe throwing.  It is not as easy as it looks!  After a couple of throws, some people either got the hang of it, or had a hard time.  Of course, I was one of the few that had a hard time.  I’m just terrible at sports!  Lol.

My friend had food catered there at the venue and we chomped away between throws.  The instructor had us play a couple of games since we had more practice.  I think everyone had a good time there!

We then followed afterwards to Kaiser Tiger for some cocktails.  They had an awesome beer garden along with bocce ball and jenga to play with.  We spent the rest of the evening there before a quick rain storm passed through and killed our night.  Oh well!  That’s summer in Chicago for ya!

Warming up in May!

One of the best things about summer is when the temperature starts warming up.  You don't understand.  Here in the midwest, it takes a minute before it gets nice and toasty.  While people travel to Mexico in January, or head down to springbreak in Miami, us midwesterners are still in winter mode.  Summer doesn't officially start til the 3rd week in June, and that's unfortunately when we get highs in the low 80s.  The best thing about our resilience to cold temps is the fact that we DO appreciate the warmer days whenever it does come our way. 
The weekend before Memorial Weekend our friend tried to setup a day at the Montrose beach with some friends.  It was slowly warming up to the high 70s, but for me, that's still too cold to wear next to nothing by the lake.  I showed up in a leather jacket.  Although I was the laugh of the crowd, the sun did kick in and eventually I ended up taking it off.  We had some drinks at The Dock and enjoyed the weather.  The street festivals were slowly starting up in Chicago, and we decided to go home and quickly change into party mode.  We figured we still had some time to checkout a fest before heading out downtown.  We ended up at the Belmont Shefield fest in our going out attire.  lol.  It was a little nippy for me in the evening, so luckily I chose a long sleeved wrap dress to stay a little warm.  The Blackhawks were in the playoffs, so we decided to catch the game at Shefield's Beer Garden.  It was awesome watching them win!  At that point everyone was in a pretty good mood.  We made our way downtown and met up with some friends at Mercadito for some cocktails.  We ended the night at Celeste but in the end, we were out for a while!  That's usually how it goes here in Chicago in the summer.  Start off at the beach and end up in a nightclub/ lounge.  lol

The Dock on Montrose Beach was packed!

Let's get this party started!

At the Belmont Shefield street festival...

Goofing around...

Ending it at Celeste.  I was exhausted!!