I almost forgot about the Taste of Chicago, even if I have never gone there.  I hate crowds, so I am not about to go there…esp. after seeing the requisite footage of people stuffing their faces with pizza, ribs, etc.  I could never do that!   I am working the usual hours on July 4th, so I will sit this one out… I just have a suspicion they will play up the patriotic stuff more than last year, if only because so many GI’s are dying in Iraq and it is an election year.