<p>Did any of you Chicago kids go see Obama at Grant Park?</p>
<p>Half the school was there.</p>
<p>I would’ve gone, but I’ve been to Lollapalooza, and I know how unpleasantly crowded Grant Park can get. By the way, beefs, how was it?</p>
<p>Pfft, personally I think all the benefits of Lolla far outweigh the crowds. Especially Radiohead…</p>
<p>Ahh man, Radiohead would have been awesome. I got to see Daft Punk last year at Grant Park for Lolla. That was a treat. I would have enjoyed being there last night.</p>
<p>I’m a parent and I went to Grant Park by myself. I think I got there just past ten thirty.
It was pleasantly crowded, a tremendously ebullient crowd and every kind of people. Tourists, too. 240,000 or so plus me. I was there when the Obama family took the stage, I couldn’t see them. I was looking through trees from the top of the bridge (acoustics were good there) just east of those two statues of Indians on horseback. I stayed and stayed and watched the whole crowd leave, while I stood on that bridge. Many high fives and peace signs and spontaneous chants of “No More Bush”. I spoke to people from out of state. The big flag on the PVC pipe passed right by me. What a sight that was…all those people filling Michigan Avenue and the streets going west. And everyone seemed be sporting a different Obama T-shirt design. Finally the mounted police rode north on Michigan to reopen the street for the street sweepers and traffic. </p>
<p>The CTA train down and back was half full, both ways. Very, very merry. An unforgettable night and temp in the 70s!</p>
<p>I’ve been working in Florida as an organizer for the campaign, and judging by how awesome it was down here (I’m just waking up), chicago must have been a blast.</p>
<p>One of the newspapers this morning said, “The city is walking on air”, that’s a good description.</p>
<p>S1 was there. I sent him a text asking what it was like, he sent back two words: Amazing. Amazing.</p>
<p>i was getting choked up during obama’s speech. it was a magical time =)</p>
<p>I was in Grant Park. It was amazing. One of the best days of my life so far. Everyone was exuberant.</p>