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| Teaching them kiddos how to travel at CHA Summer Camp. |
One thing I love about adventures is that they can happen on the international-travel-climbing-a-mountain grand scale, or the local-frequently-visited-neighborhood-favorite small scale. All kinds of adventures are my kind of adventures- whether obvious in their appearance or not. Because it's not about what you're doing, it's about who you're doing it with... it's about personal meaning, memories, and coming alive. It's about a perspective you gain as you live one day to the next and settle into that delightful sweet spot of passion overflowing into what you're doing.
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| Dinner on the porch with lilies - past & present |
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| Cubbies. Still the worst in the league. Still the most fun to watch. |
... and that's why I love summer so much. The mindset of Chicagoans during these blissful summer months is all about spontaneous happenstance in the most basic style. It takes the form of BBQ's after the beach, local street festivals, a rooftop soirée, Music Mondays at Millenium, backyard film projection, weekday brunches, coffeeshop biking, evening froyo strolls, or porch sitting with a book. And yes, I quantify every one of these moments as extraordinary.
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| Perusing a wall of Warby at Apartment 9 in WP. |
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| Brunch at Milk & Honey |
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| Purchased "The Art of Travel" at Myopic Books to set the tone for summer... |
Only a few weeks into summer, and Chicago has not fell short of the life-giving moments I look forward to all school year. Whether it's Wicker Park exploration, cooking at home on Newport, or reading and people watching at North Ave beach, I consider it a privilege to live in this city with inspiring community who live boldly for adventure in whatever misshapen way it unfolds.
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| Midnight donut exploration in honor of National Donut Day |
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| Rewarded myself with a latte at Alterra in Milwaukee after running the half |
Because this city lights up in these summer months, I am often reluctant to jet-set anywhere else but here. Isn't that what winter is for?! But I find my thirst for travel unquenched this year, a desire for new culture and scenery takes my mind away from here and set on other places. So, I am going to take advantage of this in-between break time away from the city because I know that diving into risks breeds faith and courage.
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| Biked to Twin Anchors for beer, ribs, & Blackhawks... doesn't get better. |
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| Soaking up some final sleepovers and beach days with Sonja before she leaves Chi :( |
And so, the mountains of Colorado and a northern pilgrimage in Spain also bring adventures of the big kind this summer.
"If our lives are dominated by a search for happiness, then perhaps few activities reveal as much about the dynamics of this quest - in all its ardour and paradoxes - than our travels. They express, however inarticulately, an understanding of what life might be about, outside of the constraints of work and of the struggle for survival."
:: Alain de Bottom "The Art of Travel"
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