Summer in Da City

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A Perfect Summer Day
Buckingham Fountain in the Foreground with Michigan Avenue/Grant Park in the background and way in the background you see a glimpse of the Sears Tower (now renamed Willis Tower). This picture taken while I was stopped at a red light on Lake Shore Drive.

The Star-Spangled Banner performed by Whitney Houston Super Bowl 1991

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Happy Birthday America - with arguable the best ever rendition of the National Anthem


                              

Written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key commemorating the American Victory over the British in the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.

O say can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

.... Yes the flag is there flying high over da blog :D

USA vs Belgium - Tuesday July 1st

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The World Cup Soccer is in full swing - so far Brazil and Argentina have looked underwhelming while Holland and France have looked pretty strong despite both of them kind of wilting in the heat a little bit. The last two World Cup champions Spain and Italy have been sent packing, while England probably turned in their worst group stage performance ever.

Tomorrow Argentina plays Switzerland while the US take on Belgium for the last two QF spots. Here to celebrate USA versus Belgium is a beer face off.

Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale from Kansas City Missouri
That would be my favorite American Craft Beer.
Delirium Tremens from Melle Belgium
One of my favorite Belgian beers (and I have many)