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My friend Chris gave me tickets to the Chicago Jazz Fest (thanks Chris). I felt really well yesterday and I took the train down to the city to check it all out.

It was the first time I’ve felt well enough to go down to the city in a long time. The city seemed so much more alive this time. I seem to have become one of those slow-walking, fresh-air-smelling, happy-to-be-alive optimists since I joined the Cancer Club. I was stoked to be able to walk all the way from Union Station to Grant Park without having to sit and recover every few blocks. It has been so long since I’ve felt this well.

Slide Hampton and his Trombone Choir played at one of the stages while I hossed down the chicken satay I bought with 10 festival tickets (10 festival tickets = $6.36). It was worth 10 festival tickets, but I don’t think it was worth $6.36. It’s a good thing for the vendors that I have the math skills of a 5th grader.

Drummer Matt Wilson played with a piano trio on the main stage, followed by The 911 Mambo Orchestra, which was excellent. The weather was beautiful, and I enjoyed the smell of the water, the view of the giant skyline and all the mambo. (Thanks again Chris.)

And, as if that isn’t enough, my friend Trish is taking me downtown on Monday for a rooftop view of Jimmy Buffet’s concert at Wrigley Field.