West Fest 2018

This year I went with my friends on a Sunday for West Fest.  Normally this festival runs all weekend, but over the years, we noticed the crowd was usually significantly better on Sundays.  Again, Chicago was battling hot temperatures.  I laid low the rest of the weekend and was ready for my friends to pick me up after church that day.  We luckily found parking and decided to have a late lunch at the infamous Tecalitlan Restaurant right by the corner of Wood street.  Believe it or not we also lucked out getting a table.  Again, we had a great time catching up with everyone as little by little more people joined in our group.  We spent a good amount a time at the restaurant and decided to join in on the fun by finding a spot not too far from the stage.  There we listened to some good old house music before heading home early.  We didn’t want to stay out once the festival was over since it would be hectic to get an uber.

West Fest Weekend Part 2

I’m behind as usual on my posts.  It’s now August and I have so many recaps for July.  This past weekend was a difficult one for me.  I am stressed out but mostly because of the people around me.  Everyone is troubled in their own way and I cannot help them.  I also received some disturbing news which made me sink even deeper.

As we speak, I’m trying to book another trip.  I seriously have to tune out of Chicago for now.  I feel bad but I need this time to myself.  Leaving the country is the only way I can truly escape.  Plus I really don’t have much going on at the time.  I’m feeling overwhelmed.  Right now work for once is ok.  I have to take some days off since I’ve accumulated so many.  I might as well plan a trip.

I need to be selfish for a bit.  If things are truly an emergency people know where to reach me. 

I originally made plans to go to West Fest that Sunday.  But at the last minute some other friends reached out to me and I headed over there later in the evening on Saturday.  We didn’t make it a late night in the end but I had fun.  The next day I went to church and relaxed for a bit before I started to get ready for Sunday’s meet up.  At the last minute one friend backed out and it was me and another girl.  We’re mutual friends of our friend who backed out, hence we’ve never really hung out together.  But we decided to meet up regardless.  Most of my friends have moved away and I need to increase my social circle.  I got ready.

What a surprise Sunday it was!  Turns out my other friend was going to be there with a group of girls later on and at the last minute, my friend who has a baby was going to come into town for it as well!

In the beginning it was me and the girl and we chatted about our travels to Europe.  She’s traveled a lot more than me and I was very much interested in her stories.  Once it got later in the evening, more people showed up and it got pretty hectic.  Not to mention, the texts were coming in on trying to locate everybody.  Lol.  I ran into so many people I knew, but it all happened unexpectedly.  I seriously think people should try to get married at West Fest.  People from your past will come out of the woodworks!  

 

West Fest Weekend Part 1

Since I kind of jumped into summer, I never got a chance to go through my summer wardrobe.  I have a full bag of clothes as well as shoes to donate.  Over the years, I might have glanced at them and said to myself I’ll eventually wear them, but let’s be honest.  My style has changed as I’ve gotten older.  Mini-skirts and short dresses were the first ones to go.  I am much comfortable wearing midi length.  Platform wedges that hurt back then have switched over to boots or sneakers.  It was time to do this!

I feel better downsizing my wardrobe.  Fall season is slowly creeping up and I’m praying I find practical sales for end-of-summer-fashion.  I  now think of shopping for vacation pieces since that’s when I really get excited.  It’s all about living out of a suitcase for a few days as far as I’m concerned!

Back to recapping July events!  I finished up an eventful July 4^th weekend, and work was short but sweet.  Not a lot of people came in the remaining of that week.  I got a chance to do some chores, workout and catch up on my reading at home.  I wasn’t hearing from anyone and it was nice---for a while.  That’s when the Gemini in me comes out.  I knew I didn’t want to spend much money, but some friends out of nowhere invited me to a neighborhood fest.  I haven’t seen this couple in a while and wanted to catch up.  I made my way over to West Fest and found them right away.  We all got there pretty late but at least we got a chance to see Mark Farina’s set.  Afterwards, my friends knew of a house party right around the corner.  We headed there for some drinks and were getting the itch to head somewhere else.  We decided to go to Bar Deville and danced away to some 90s hip hop.  I was having such a good time I didn’t realize we made a night of it!  All last minute!  Afterwards, we ate late night tacos and headed home.  I love surprises like this…