I will miss, literally, a concert that is being put together in the fall at NPU with Mavis Staples; it's part of the theme for North Park's year (I'm not sure what it is, but for example this year's theme was, "What is Justice?") and the concert's title is something about Singing the Gospel in a Foreign Land. I'm not sure if it's literally about singing overseas (or here, since this land is "foreign" to the Biblical Gospels), or if it is (as I suspect) about singing Gospel music in the "secular" world. Sounds pretty cool to me. Lately I can't stop listening to The Weight with the Band and the Staples Singers from their final concert (the movie of which is called The Last Waltz).
I won't miss the McDonald's at Foster and Kedzie... I haven't compared it to many in the city, but it is consistently worse than the ones I grew up going to. I feel like the best McDonald's are in the towns where they are just large enough to have one, but no larger. Big city McDonald's just seem to get dragged down into mediocrity, wheras I think in a smaller town, they still feel like it's kind of a big deal to have a McDonald's, and there's actually some quality and pride that goes into the process... at least where there is any room in the process for quality and pride, that is.
Just for the record, it's been months since I've eaten in any McD's, not just the one in my neighborhood.
