the queen of all talk shows....
at harpo studios chicago il
farewell is only days away...
hayley reinhart..american idol top 3
played at Arlington Park Racetrack Arlington Heights Il Saturday May 16 2011
lee dewyze american idol 2010
played at Arlington Park Racetrack Arlington Heights Il 2010
yep....all from the Chicago area....
So I guess you have to be a Chicagoan to watch these storylines colliding....(of course Mayor Daley and Rahm Emanuel also have quite the storyline going this week too)
but you see...I am from the Chicago area...and this is all big news..
Oprah is leaving her show..and she is in our backyard...
it has been FACT in our area..that we had the BEST talk show hostess ever...
we knew it..might have even taken it for granted...but in any case, it was our fact.
Most of my friends have been either on the show or at the show..
I myself gave up 2 sets of tickets to care for my ailing mom..but in our area...getting tickets to Oprah was normal...she was part of Chicago...and we bragged about it..
May 17th is the last filming day..and all of us tried to get tickets to that..
(sadly, I did not)
Then there was Lee Dewyze ..the Mt Prospect native, that the whole town knew..
Hey, he was even in my sons gymnastics (my son is a coach) during his freshman year.
The parade, the sold out concert at Arlington Park racetrack was fun and I, the groupie enjoyed every moment of it.. American Idol 2010...it was a blast..
(being from a suburb outside the big city..we love to celebrate our hometown heroes)
Well his last day of reigning champ is May 25th when he turns his crown to the 2011 winner.
Then ...this week we had Haley Reinhart, a top 3 contestant of American idol who happens to live in the town RIGHT NEXT to where Lee Dewyze grew up..
in other words, ANOTHER concert at the Arlington Park Racetrack, another hometown hero and all of us turned out again (even thru the rainy weather) while she sang with her parents back up band...it really was fun....and oh so Chicago area...........
So this blog update is just that there are so many things we take for granted..(oprah) or things we just enjoy celebrating (like silly singing competitions!) and these things cross our paths ...
the things life is made up..those little moments...
My pleasure and business is going thru old photos...
glimpses of other peoples memories...a play...a dance...a birthday ...
all those precious little moments..that gives life sparkle...
may your life sparkle today....
cathi
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