5K Race x 2

Mag Mile 5K in Chicago.  What a wonderful event - so nice to be able to be on the Mag Mile, free of traffic --- all ages in this race!! 

DH.

Nice swag -- Plus, HOKA sponsored a 'mile' withint the 5k.

Participants predicted their time for one mile & if you

beat that time, were able to select a HOKA prize.   So, I beat

the time I predicted & selected sunglasses for DH.

After the 5K (there was also a 10K) - were given a box lunch , Eli's cheesecake, beer, two tickets to the 2025 Taste of Chicago in Grant Park.   The vendors were open to race participants until 11am.   DH & I had Empanadas-- Spinach, Corn, Chicken, & Ham/Sheese.  So delicious.  Pretzels, Gatorade, Water, Bananas - no skimping!!!

 

Buckingham Memorial Fountain in Grant Park.

You can see some of the vendors, too.

 Chicago is a beautiful city on the edge of Lake Michigan.  One of 2 ferris wheels (other one on Navy Pier).

 View at night from the Blackstone Hotel on Michigan Avenue.

Chicago Reserve Roastery - When you visit Chicago,

Starbuck's on Michigan Ave is a MUST STOP.

Four Corners Winery had a 5K for an animal rescue -- horses.  

Was a perfect day for it.  Nice athletic top & finisher's medal.

 Nice to have a sample of their white wine - and the setting/venue, so peaceful!!!   I'd go back again ....

 

Back to School, looking back over the Summer activities

Fortunate to visit Dallas, TX in August.   Return to Infinity, Yayoi Kusama

at the Dallas Museum of Art.

I attended the IOLI Convention for a week - with Wednesday "free day"

where I chose to visit the museum.

More LINK HERE re. my tatting & needle lace classes, purchases, etc.

 A lot to see in the museum.  For the textile readers of this blog, I chose these to share:

Went to the $2 Tuesday Day,  at the Indiana State Fair

with DD.   We ate our way thru all the vendors!!

I visited the Art Institute a couple of times -- Excellent exhibits of Gustave Caillebotte, The Sculptures from the Torlonia Collection, Frida Kahlo / Mary Reynolds Month in Paris, and WOW'd by Raqib Shaw's Paradise Lost.  Lunch out doors around the fountain / courtyard.

Enjoyed concerts -- Robin Trower in Nashville, IN 

& Beck at Ravinia, IL:

Virtual Races

Vincent VanGogh Virtual Challenge

56 mi (90km) - recorded thru Strava.

https://www.theconqueror.events/vangogh/

Run for the (Indiana) Trees

This one is taking awile.   I have until end of October to complete - and I'm at 60% now.

150 miles completed -- a few more to go!

250 Mile Gasoline Challenge 

Butterflys around the yard

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

 

Pace 13:01

 It was so hot ....

"how hot was it?"    Too Hot.

 Start (photo by DH)

 Finish (photo by DH)

Note to self:   select a 'cooler' race.

 

Bobbin Lace FREE class - Lafayette, IN USA

Lafayette Lacemakers, Inc.

 

Bobbin Lace for Beginners - FREE class in Elmhurst, IL USA

 Link HERE:    https://sites.google.com/view/illacemakers/home?authuser=0

2025 Bobbin Lace for Beginners 

RSVP:  ILlacemakers (at) gmail.com

Saturday July 19, 2025

11am - 2pm

Elmhurst Public Library

125 So. Prospect Ave.

Elmhurst, IL USA  60126

lacemakersofillinois.org

L.A.C.E. is a charter chapter of the

International Organization of Lace, Inc.

Bobbin Lace for Beginners - free class in Elmhurst, IL USA

Link HERE:    https://sites.google.com/view/illacemakers/home?authuser=0

 

Father's Day week-end

 Sunday Afternoon. https://www.chicagobotanic.org/    Chicago Botanic Garden.

 Nicholas (DS) said to me "This looks like a button."

 DS & DH.  Our other son, his wife & child also were at the garden.  Followed by a visit to Homer's Ice Cream.  https://www.homersicecream.com/. 

 Looks like a quilt block!

 Sunday Morning.

  We did our best!!!

 Saturday morning, DD & I were in this 5K.  https://www.facebook.com/NecktieRun/

 We (DD & I) walked the 5K -- beautiful along Lake Michigan shore line.