movies in the park.

movies in the park are done all over the city in various parks during the summer. the biggest venue is in grant park. there is a huge screen and a huge field that literally fills up with thousands and thousands of people. then there are smaller parks with big screens but not as big of crowds.

this is the first summer i've been to movies in the park - mostly b/c i forgot about them or just never got around to going. um, never ever will i make that mistake again!! i fully plan on making this a summer ritual and making the rounds to the various (non ghetto) parks! grant parks are usually older movies/classics and they are always on tuesdays. the other parks have weekly movies too on a variety of nights.

las week for my first tuesday, i prepared by going to walgreens and getting a fold up chair (9 bucks!), some plastic cups (12 for 3 bucks), a cooler (3 bucks), some bug spray, and movie snacks. i was pretty proud of my cheap acquisitions! i put all that in my beach bag (gap special for 10 bucks) with my new picnic blanket (14 bucks online - made especially for grass so you don't get wet if the grass is), threw in the snacks and some wine (not technically legal, but whatever, everyone does it!) and got on the train to grant park. there, i staked out our spot - i got there early - about 6ish which was not as early as i had intended, but still early enough for a decent spot. i was met by katie, mark, some of mark's friends and kyle for a showing of psycho. they brought wine, snacks and food too for our outdoor picnic. believe it or not, i'd only seen parts of that movie before. and by parts i mean i'd seen that famous shower scene and that was it. i rather enjoyed it! the night was so nice and i think just being outdoors was awesome.

super blurry shot of the screen showing psycho...i waited too long and it was too dark:



then this past tues, i packed the blanket, bag, snacks, a subway sandwich and other stuff up for a movie at the park on north and clark (closer to me than grant - it's basically the intersection where we meet for runs). the movie for the week was the break up. which we'd all seen before, but is clearly set in chicago and outdoors so therefore it was awesome. katie, kyle, megan and i had a great time laughing under the stars and enjoying the movie.

katie + wine:


view from park:


it was held on the chicago historical society museum steps:


me and megan:


the screen:


the four of us: megan, me, katie & kyle


movies in the park end soon - this coming week is basically the last and i am so so bummed about that b/c i won't be here... but already i can't wait for next summer and more movies in the park!!