Market Daze, Elvis and Dim Sum

This weekend was great! Joel and I were around Chicago and spent it with friends going to a festival, running a 5K and eating dim sum in Chinatown for the first time! During the summertime in Chicago the city neighborhoods hold street festivals from mid June through the end of August and it usually involves street closures, lots of music, and food. Joel and I went to the Wicker Park festival a few weeks ago and loved it. This weekend we went to the festival in boystown (the gay neighborhood in Chicago) called North Halsted Market Days. It was really hot but we walked through with our friends, Lindsay and Jeremy and their family and had lots of fun. This festival has a different flavor than some of the other festivals.

The entrance

One of the bars had an outdoor patio and there were lots of men sans shirts crammed into it. Everyone was staring as we walked by...so I took a picture!

Earlier in the week, I decided to run a 5K on Saturday night so after the festival Joel and I headed down to the race start. IT WAS SO HOT! I knew it was going to be rough but it was a fun theme! It was called the Elvis is Alive! 5K and you can see above that a bunch of people dress head to toe as Elvis and run 5K like that! Crazy.

Run Elvis Run!

Run Mollie Run! I was hurting-it was really hot and I was struggling. But I finished!

On Sunday, Joel and I headed down to Chinatown for dim sum (it's like chinese tapas...small portions for the table). It was the first time we had ever been down to Chinatown to eat-it was great. But the company was even better than the food! We met Chris and Christine who are living in Hyde Park for the summer. It was great to catch up (they were living in Seattle last summer...when I was there!) and visit.