dear chicago.

So for the past week, I have been in the Chicago area visiting Matt. We mostly just hung out, nothing too exciting. But on mondays in the city, they have an event called Free Music Mondays at Millenium Park. And this past monday, Iron & Wine was playing. So, Matt and I were like, 'what the hell, let's just go and check it out.' So we did. And let me tell you: When there is a free concert with a good band anywhere (especially in a large city) people will flock. Like crazy. So we managed to get into the park, but there were so many people everywhere that it wasn't even fun. And you could hardly see or hear the music. So we just decided to leave.

After about another hour of just aimlessly walking around the city, we decided that it wasn't really worth it to be there any more, and we made the trek to find a taxi to the train station so we could go back to the suburbs. On our walk to Michigan Ave, we magically pass the lead singer and guitarist of the band Maps & Atlases. This just so happens to be one of Matt's favorite bands currently, and I have really been into them lately. This man is not hard to miss, he has long hair, a beard and really large glasses. I stare in awe as we approach him on the street, almost in shock. And then next to me I hear Matt say "ohmygoshyouaretheleadsingerofmaps&atlases! ohmygoshyouareamazing! ihaveyourrecordonvinyl!" All in one breath of course. And the guy, Dave, was just like 'uh, yeah man! thanks!" He probably thought we were total fools. But we chatted with him for a bit, Matt got his photo taken with him, and he even shook my hand! All of it was very exciting. And we ended up going back to Matt's house and listening to the album about 3 times in a row.

Matt looks like a total fool in this because he wouldn't stop talking. haha.