Free Concert + Friends = Fun

One of the benefits of living in Chicago during the summer are the numerous free events going on almost every day. Last night a few of us took advantage of the free concerts in Millennium Park downtown and enjoyed a lovely evening while listening to Beethoven's 7th being performed.

You can buy tickets to these concerts and have a nice little seat right up front. Or, you can be like us and bring a blanket and have a seat on the nice big lawn and be able to hear just fine. A little dinner, a bottle of wine and some dessert and you have the makings for a very pleasant evening.

Yesterday was a very hot day so it was a little on the warm side for awhile but once the sun went behind the buildings and some clouds rolled in with a cool breeze behind it, we were all a little less cranky.
If any of you from LA think that this place looks a little like the Disney concert hall downtown, it's because they were designed by the same person. That's the shell area where the performers sit and then there is a fabulous sound system throughout the lawn that makes you feel like you are sitting right next to the musicians. There's not a bad seat in the house! We usually chose to sit near the back because the other people in the back don't care if you chat while listening to the music.