Thanksgiving in Chicago

 

Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving! This is my favorite week of the year, I love being able to eat all I want and share laughs with the family. I also enjoy going out on Black Friday but it wasn’t as much fun having to go out on Thanksgiving night this year. I wanted to go during the early morning hours on Friday but unfortunately the stores decided to end a majority of their sales by 6 a.m. I went to the Gurnee Mills Mall in Gurnee, IL and I could not believe how packed the place was! I have never seen so many people in my life and people literally had to create their own parking spots. I am not one of those people who will fight someone for a T.V. or an Xbox like those seen on the news. I enjoyed just walking around and getting a few good deals and watching all of the activity. I felt very bad for everyone who had to work through the whole night. While I was talking to one of the employees, they told me the mall was going to stay open for 36 consecutive hours!

 

The day after Black Friday was a day I will never forget. I had tickets to see Elton John and his band perform at the Allstate Arena in Chicago! He performed all of his hits as well as a couple songs from his new album Diving Board. The sold out concert was phenomenal, he played for three consecutive hours without an intermission. Everyone was on their feet and singing along and just having a great time. I haven’t seen him in fourteen years, but his concert was

just as great as I remember. I have no idea how much longer he will be performing on tours and he rarely comes to the Chicago/Detroit area so seeing him is rare. His performance was so much better than listening to his albums on an iPod. I would highly recommend going to his concert if he is ever in a town near you.