What can I say? Wow!! One of the best music and food weekends I have ever had, which is what BooYaBass is all about so I am very excited for this entry and I apologize for the delay. Before our journey to Chicago for the 2nd Annual Northcoast Music Festival http://www.northcoastfestival.com/we picked up some take out from the Midtown Diner in Ann Arbor http://www.marksmidtown.com . We knew we didn’t want to settle for McDonalds breakfast or even worse Burger King (those can be saved for when severely hungover) so I wasn’t expecting much for our parking lot picnic (pictured to the left). I ordered the Greek skillet and it was standard diner fare which means it wasn’t amazing and it wasn’t disgusting (it did the trick). It was relaxing to take the Megabus this time to the city and a relief off top that I knew in advance that I wouldn’t have to drive home on Monday. Even though its tough for me to sleep on the bus it gives me a good opportunity to zone and try to meditate to normally some good downtempo or experimental. Since we were leaving Ann Arbor Shigeto's Full Circle seemed necessary, VIBE2IT!! Peep Shigeto's Soundcloud, here you will find mega-fresh head-nodders, bangers and deep thinkers from one of Michigan's top experimental producers that is really starting to make some big noise across the globe. Our good friend picked us up and took us straight to the Eleven City Diner, Chicago’s premiere authentic Jewish/New York style deli http://www.elevencitydiner.com/. While I have never been to a real New York Deli this was by far the best Pastrami I have ever had, it literally melts in your mouth. The pastrami ruben sandwich was served open faced, stacked tall with melted swiss, a very flavorful sandwich pictured above.
There wasn’t much going on music wise at the festival Friday for our tastes. I mean it was headlined by David Guetta and Whiz Khalifa (gag me with a spoon). However, the vibe inside was live even though it did make me feel old for one of the first times ever. This doesn't bother me though because my friends and I are better at these places than others and we have the most fun. Despite un-appealing sounds from the stages there was some pretty decent house music in the Silent Disco that we enjoyed dancing to. If you are not familiar with a silent disco it’s pretty much a genius idea that you should check out especially if you like dancing. Learn more here Silent Disco. We skipped out on the after parties tonight but please stay tuned for the rest of the weekends festivities coming soon.
