On Friday night I met up with Chad, Trent, Limey, Brian, and Jill at Fiesta Mexicana in Uptown. We had tickets for The Black Crowes at the Riviera and were getting some pre-show dinner. I’d been to Fiesta Mexicana in Lincoln Park, but never to the Uptown location. I got the vegetarian fajitas, which doesn’t sound like anything extraordinary, but it was fantastic. You get this whole skillet full of grilled onions, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes and broccoli. More than I could ever eat, but I had Jill and Limey there to help me out. Everyone loved it.

On to the show. I’d seen The Black Crowes 7 or 8 years ago when I lived in San Diego. We used to go to this street festival called Street Scene and they were there. It was a fantastic show and I knew just about every song they played. This time around, not so much. I guess they’ve released a few albums since then and I haven’t kept up. On Friday they barely played any old songs… I only knew 2 songs the whole night. The band is obviously very talented and has a huge following, but I didn’t enjoy the show as much as last time I saw them. I still had fun, though.

Afterward we went to Fat Cat in Uptown and were there til close. I had a great night. Trent, Chad and I shared a cab home. They were dropped off first and then my cabbie screwed up and accidentally took me almost to Lincoln Square. I wasn’t paying attention because I was calling Dallas. He was out with Killian and was on his way home, too. I finally got home. I was so tired. What happened next could have been a dream, except I had photos to prove it wasn’t. Behold:

Dallas had stopped at Susie’s Drive-In and gotten a foot-long cheese steak, which we shared, and a taco shell full of cheese fries. I was the happiest girl in the world when I saw those. So delicious. And then I fell asleep. Possibly with “liquid cheese” still on my face.