Back in the day, the 3rd of July was one big party. I remember partying on the Metra on the way downtown from Naperville with a bunch of my friends to live it up at the Taste of Chicago's big July 3rd celebration. It was always a crazy night filled with plenty of shenanigans.
Over the years, though, things have calmed down. I'm sure there are plenty people who still pile onto the Metra with their "water bottles" and whatnot, and many others up all night in Chicago celebrating America's birthday like they celebrated their own 21st bdays. But not me.
This year, instead of hitting the beer tent and eating pickles on a stick, we played Scrabble. Yup, Scrabble. Oh yeah, and Taboo too. Let me tell ya', it was wild. This year, we went low-key. We barbecued with Steve and Jeremy and then the four of us headed to Guthrie's for some board game action. And it was totally not lame. It was a fun night and exactly how we wanted to celebrate.
My only concern is that we are officially old. Who knows...maybe next year we'll sneak rum into a Diet Coke bottle and hit the fireworks for old time's sake. But most likely we'll be in the midst of a really good game of Battleship.
4 comments:
Funny how the worm turns... we already are old and we partied on 7-4 with friends until we literally couldn't party anymore! Our deck and ipod docker were rockin' the neighborhood. I guess we're just kids in old people's bodies!
I knew Jody had a walking stick !
I miss Guthrie's.
Wasn't avoiding that nasty on the sidewalk and being treated to tequila and lemon drop shots at an Italian restaurant crazy enough?! -Katie
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