louisa (bride-to-be) is here! we spent the day in downtown chicago, starting off with the art institute. and thanks to my membership, we skipped all the lineups and were the only ones (plus a group of smart nine year olds) learning about “american gothic”.

after a day of shopping, louisa let loose a bit.

in the evening, we met up with joe and chuck (lou’s friend from toronto) and went to the annual gospel festival which featured free music at millenium park. we had a picnic dinner with chicago deep dish pizza and then joined in with all the clapping and hand waving.

click here for a taste of our musical experience (1 MB, .wmv file).