Hot Cranky People

Last night I went to see a Peggy Lee tribute concert at Ravinia with Robbie and the Baz. It was a lovely evening.

The highlight for me came during the second act. We had lawn seats, so we couldn’t see what was happening in the Pavilion. When they announced Maureen McGovern, I wandered down to the front so I could see her. Man, what a class act that lady is. Such spectacular musicality, and flawless technique. And to top it off, I was thrilled when she started in with “The Folks Who Live On the Hill”, as it’s a very special tune to me these days.

It was also entertaining to finally use my Floating Eyeball Candles.

Last night this fellow wandered by our table with a camera. He said, “I’m from out of town. This is my first time here, and I am so impressed with all the picnics. Yours is so lovely, might I take a photo?”

It was sort of odd, since there were much nicer picnics all around us, but I said, “Ok, but be sure to get the floating eyeball candles in the shot. They’re a Ravinia tradition.”.

I was hoping he would say, “Oh?”, and then my friends and I could feed him some elaborate lies about the rich heritage of the floating eyeball candle. But he just said OK, snapped the pic and wandered off.

He was very odd.

And we had lots of wine.