A Day in the Life of a Soul Star...

So when the homie Marcelle came to visit for my birthday, she insisted that we drive to Hyde Park and see the President's Chicago home. That was pretty exciting. We walked on his street and got pretty close to his huuuuge (gorgeous!) mansion, until... Secret Service stopped us. LOL.  After, we took a drive to one of the many parks in Hyde Park and went to Promontory Point, which I heard was one of the best places to get a view of the city. This is a  view from Hyde Park looking South She made me climb rocks to get to the other side of the Park   And then...the waves started attacking us. By the time we left, I basically had an Afro.

Here are a few pictures I meant to share but haven't had the chance to. These were taken at Millenium Park when I went to the Chicago Jazz Festival on the Sunday before Labor Day. The annual festival is FREE.  One of the many stages at the festival. This is where the larger acts perform. The world famous Cloud Gate, better known as "The Bean"! Check out that view!   I went on the day that ROBERT GLASPER performed. Did I mention it was free? Oh, and as a nice surprise, Lupe Fiasco hopped onstage to perform a song! I forgot he was from Chicago. And look, he has locs now...

I know it's been a while since I've shared any of my experiences. Life happens! School, work and everything has kept me from documenting my time here like I've wanted to. But I'll try to do a little better. I'll start by sharing the AMAZING night I had last night... When I received a promotional email last month letting me that Common--one of my FAVORITE rappers--was coming HOME to do a benefit concert, I knew there was no way I wasn't going. I've heard that Common is very active in his hometown of Chicago, hence why he was doing a benefit concert for his foundation the Common Ground Foundation. I checked to see WHERE the concert would be (unfortunately, I have to base a lot of my decisions on what part of Chicago an event takes place in). River North? House of Blues? I'm in! The original flyer said that there would be "special guests" but didn't say who.... You know me. I figured that these special guests could be anybody! We're i...