Aziz Ansari at the Chicago Theatre

 For Dallas’s birthday in December, I got him tickets to see Aziz Ansari. We always thought he was funny and I thought it would be a fun night out. I really liked his set. Sometimes it was really poignant and got deep but most the time it was really funny. And yes, he did address the sexual assault allegations that someone made against him.

This was the first event we ever went to that made us put our phones and smart watches into a pouch that we could hold but not open for the entire show. It was kind of nice. There were no distractions. We had a drink and just talked. We watched the show and didn’t worry about anyone texting us or anything.

After the show, we went to State and Lake just for one drink before heading home to relieve Ms. Lauren, our sitter for the night.

Go Lightfoot!

Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle are headed into a runoff election with one destined to become Chicago’s first black woman mayor. If elected, Lightfoot would also be the city’s first openly gay mayor.”

I didn’t know who to vote for. A few weeks ago I took an online poll and it matched me up with Lightfoot, so I went with it. There were like 14 candidates. Now we’re down to 2. Go Lightfoot!

Our alderman race also will have a run off. They’re already at our house every other day. Wonder if they’ll keep it up. Poor Edgar!

Black History Celebration

Every year at Makai’s school they have a Black History celebration. Since Makai’s class is the oldest, they did a whole song with hand motions and everything. It was really cute. They sang We Shall Overcome.