So yesterday, a neighborhood friend called me. I call her the Mayor of the neighborhood. She asked if I was planning to go to the Rock Concert about a mile away. Our councilman puts this on each year for 4 weeks in a row. Each week a different band performs.
At first I told her no because I don't like Rock Music (Hard Rock I should say.). But then I remembered that there were other things to do there, so I said yes. So she picked me up and we went.
After our councilman showed up, he came over to our little group and greeted everyone, but he was very friendly with me which was odd because that's never happened before. Nevertheless I decided to enjoy the interaction.
There was a singer who played for quite awhile to warm everyone up until the main band came on stage, and I recognized many of the songs. Then when the main band played several songs, they stopped and the singer unfolded a piece of paper and read from it. He announced that it was my birthday and had the entire place sing happy birthday to me. Apparently my friend and our councilman arranged for that to happen unbeknownst to me. It was great fun abd probably the best birthday preaent I've ever had. And those two who tricked me were both grinning like Cheshire Cats.
These are some photos from the neighborhood park we were in. (Jefferson Park if you are from the West side of Cleveland. W 132 and Lorain.) It has a playground, large gazebo, basketball court, etc. That was at the North end. The stage was at the South end. There were a few community organizations represented in the blue tents, 3 bounce houses for the kids, food, the stage, and a roped off area as the beer garden. We took our own lawn chairs and it was a pleasant evening weather wise.
I did get my 1 scoop freebie from Baskin Robbins. I chose Pistachio.
