Good Times in the Area: A Pretty Good Weekend

Why go somewhere else when you can have this much fun close to home?

Thursday was retro night with Dog 'N Suds, the Fairlanes 50s-60s band and the classic car show in Antioch.

FRIDAY-- August 6th-- After boating again, we drove over to Gasoline Alley on Grasslake for the $1 bottles of beer and that great view as well as Sue and Paul, Glenn and Barb, Kelly and Kevin and Pete and Gayle.

We had hoped to go to Tammy's for pizza, but there was too long of a wait, so Liz and I left and went to the American Legion for the $1 drafts and even got up and sang the Band's "The Weight" with Larry. Definitely not as easy of a song to sing as we thought.

SATURDAY-- August 7th-- I went to Fox Lake's Venetian Night over by Docker's. Grand Avenue was blocked off and a deejay was playing. Definitely expensive with 16-oz. bottles going for $5 and $3.50 tacos, so I checked out a new place called King Burrito with authentic Mexican tacos for $1.50.

The Freddie's Party Barge led six lighted boats to the Docker's piers. They were all nice, but the last one, done up as a pirate ship was by far the best. About thirty minutes later, we had a really fine fireworks display.

SUNDAY-- August 8th-- After Bob Stroud did his Time Warp back to August 8, 1970, on his Rock and Roll Roots show, we drove south to Johnsburg where we went to the St. John's Parishfest party. Great food (and reasonably priced) along with $1.50 drafts and the band New Odyssey. Michael, the guitar player, is one of Liz's friends all the way back to first grade in Chicago. Not only is this group (which has been together 30 years and just drove in from playing at a county fair just outside Detroit) really good musically, but they also put on a fantastic show.

Not a Bad Weekend. --RoadDog


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