tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196141.post5109741511391486030..comments2024-03-25T15:21:31.016-04:00Comments on Diana’s Little Corner in the Nutmeg State: Saturday 9: Don't You Care?Diana_CThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223056441901730531noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196141.post-79938553185577688782016-01-30T21:09:52.026-05:002016-01-30T21:09:52.026-05:00You got me thinking. I should have answered footba...You got me thinking. I should have answered football. People can get nuts about it... I don't watch it at all.Laanehttp://www.heartoflaane.com/2016/01/dont-you-care.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196141.post-32912763108065708242016-01-30T20:55:24.064-05:002016-01-30T20:55:24.064-05:00Dear Anonymous: Your facts are right, but your con...Dear Anonymous: Your facts are right, but your conclusions are wrong. The food is definitely the centerpiece of the Taste (hence the name). But when ChicagoFest was disbanded, Taste of Chicago took over as a major venue for outdoor musical acts. Every night of the fest features internationally known talent in the Petrillo Music Shell. There's also a Bud Light Stage. To categorize The Taste as merely "a market for local restaurants" is to dismiss the drawing power of Weezer, Erykah Badu and all the other that performed there last summer, and that people paid up to $50 to see.<br /> <br /><br />And it's Soldier Field, not Soldier's Field for Soldier Field. <br /><br />Sorry, Diana. Didn't mean to hijack your post. But I mean, really! I've been seeing big-name bands at "this market for local restaurants" since the Go Gos played there in 1984.The Gal Herselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02566779726191649848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196141.post-23310434087096034792016-01-30T17:13:25.026-05:002016-01-30T17:13:25.026-05:00Ok- Let's get it straight. ChicagoFest was th...Ok- Let's get it straight. ChicagoFest was the music festival at Navy Pier. Started by Mayor Michael Bilandic in 1978 and ran until 1987. The Buckinghams frequently played here. After a disastrous last year where it was moved to the Solders Field parking lot Mayor Harold Washington sank it for a variety of reasons.<br /><br />Taste of Chicago is a Market place for local restaurants to sell sample size portions of their top products. Started in 1980 on upper Michigan Boul., north of the River, by Mayor Jayne M.Byrne, it moved to State Street Mall for a few years and then to it's current home, Couumbus Dr. in Grant Park. early each July.<br /><br />ChicagoFest and Taste of Chicago are two distinctly separate events. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196141.post-41461971249337535262016-01-30T16:44:04.492-05:002016-01-30T16:44:04.492-05:00I'm not into sports, either, although I do ten...I'm not into sports, either, although I do tend to watch the Winter Olympics when they come on. I like the ice skating.CountryDewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243893531509380824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196141.post-87805671711187160982016-01-30T15:29:59.946-05:002016-01-30T15:29:59.946-05:00It's when they watch sports featuring teams th...It's when they watch sports featuring teams that don't even matter to them, instead of getting stuff done, that drives me crazy. Blogher is a conference for bloggers to go to.<br />They put on a good event. I take my daughter with me and we make a vacation out of it. http://blogher.comI am Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14018601282810481033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196141.post-12710315335752070232016-01-30T11:39:08.151-05:002016-01-30T11:39:08.151-05:00I've heard the Danish Girl is outstanding!I've heard the Danish Girl is outstanding! Pumpkin Delight (Kimberly)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15754292671421221960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196141.post-87811520589463583122016-01-30T10:31:38.637-05:002016-01-30T10:31:38.637-05:00I'd like to see the Danish Girl, but I suspect...I'd like to see the Danish Girl, but I suspect it won't make it to my local theaters--it's not a kiddy/slasher movie. :-(Kwizgiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02030855903021576354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196141.post-81063088361832018862016-01-30T10:13:47.865-05:002016-01-30T10:13:47.865-05:00I'm not sure American Idol is a reality TV sho...I'm not sure American Idol is a reality TV show, at least not in the sense of Real Housewives or The Kardashians. It's more about music. <br /><br />One lobster, coming right up!The Gal Herselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02566779726191649848noreply@blogger.com