Bobby Matos & The NY Latin Jazz Allstars, Hot House, South Loop, Chicago

Hot House, South Loop, Chicago

After dinner at Zapatista, Chuck lead us over to Hot House. He works there so he was able to get us all the hookups. Thanks, dude! I’d never been to Hot House so I was excited to go and check it out. Really cool. Great atmosphere and great music. Bobby Matos & The NY Latin Jazz Allstars were playing. Awesome.

Alicia :: Pontiac, Wicker Park, Chicago

Alicia :: Pontiac, Wicker Park, Chicago

Justin :: Pontiac, Wicker Park, Chicago

Tankboy :: Pontiac, Wicker Park, Chicago

At some point, Tankboy suggested we go to Pontiac. I didn’t really want to go to another bar, but I realized the going to Pontiac would get me closer to getting home easier. So we grabbed a couple cabs and headed up. I didn’t realize at the time, but it was live band karaoke night.

Alicia was the first to sign up and since Tankboy is a regular there and DJs there, he got her pushed up to the top of the list. She told me she’d be singing Bohemian Rhapsody and I was like “oh lord!” because I could just imagine the 1,000,000 ways to screw that song up. It seemed pretty easy to do, but you know what? Alicia worked that song. She was all over the stage, running around, in the crowd having them sing. She was killer. Justin sang a Talking Heads song that I wasn’t too familiar with, but he did a great song too. Justin is kind of a soft-spoken guy, most the time he’s got a button down shirt and dress pants on, with his hair nice and neat and his side part never out of place.. but I forget that he’s also a performer. He’s got a powerful voice and a great stage presence. When Tankboy said he’d be singing a song, too, I didn’t know what to expect. I mean, it’s Tankboy! He doesn’t sing, he DJs! Holy crap! He sang this psycho lyric version of Sweet Caroline that left everyone with their jaws hanging open. It was great. So much fun!

Other people’s photos from that night:
» Olivia’s
» Caroline’s
» Jocelyn’s