Another Labor Day
weekend has come and gone, and for the sixth year in a row I feel fortunate in
not having to return to the labor force today.
Tom Skilling outdid himself, delivering his best weather for the
weekend, and Jill and I made full use of the great conditions on Sunday and
Monday.
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| Thank You, Mr. Skilling, for the lovely Sunday sunrise (JWB Photo) |
On Sunday afternoon
we met our friends, Bruce and Lori, in Logan Square for the Remix Festival on
Milwaukee Avenue between Fullerton and California. It was an interesting stroll, past a camel
and painted pianos, along a row of artists, who, according to the festival’s
website, are taking “used or recycled goods and crating original, handmade art,
clothing, household items, jewelry, paper objects, collectibles and other
crafts.”
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| Some creatures had a better time at the Remix Festival than others (JWB Photo) |
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| Painted pianos decorated Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square for the Remix Festival (JWB Photo) |
My favorite vendor
was displaying jewelry made out of old typewriter keys.
We had lunch at a
great little place just east of the Logan Square Centennial Column, Dunlay’s on
the Square. Sunday brunch is served until 3:00, and the Dunz Omelette rocked,
made even better by a couple pints of Trumer Pils.
Then down Elston
Avenue we went, angling straight into the heart of the city, where we chatted a
bit inside the unbelievable lobby of the Palmer House before leaving Lori to
bask in luxury while Bruce, Jill and I headed over to Millennium Park for an
afternoon at Jazz Fest.
We got to the
Pritzker Pavilion just as Jimmy Heath and his outstanding sidemen took the
stage. Unbelievable. This cat is 86-years-old, has performed on
more than a hundred albums, written over 125 compositions, many of which are
now jazz classics. He has performed with
nearly every jazz great of the past half-century and currently serves as
Professor of Music at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in
New York.
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| Jimmy Heath on saxophone with pianist Jeb Patton, bassist Michael Karn and Winard Harper kicking it on drums (JWB Photo) |
Dizzy Gillespie
once said of Mr. Heath, “All I can say is, if you know Jimmy Heath, you know
bop.”
What an amazing way
to end a Labor Day eve!
The next morning
ushered in a day of leisure for the most part, highlighted by the annual parade
of the Wellington-Oakdale Old Glory Marching Society. This was the fiftieth parade for WOOGMS, an
event that began when a public relations guy by the name of Al Weisman grabbed
his son, Tony, and few friends and marched around their Lakeview block carrying
an American flag.
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| The WOOGMS nearing the end of the route on Diversey (JWB Photo) |
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| For the 50th year the WOOGMS celebrate Labor Da, led down Sheridan by the Jesse White drum corps (JWB Photo) |
Al’s gone now, but
his son carries on, and it was heartening to see the number of strollers
passing down Sheridan Road when I looked out our window. It would be great if some of those little
kids grew up to carry on the tradition.
That’s what living in a city of neighborhoods is all about.
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