Whether you are having the kind of summer that is winding down or winding up, the Willy Street Fair, Taste of Madison, and Standrock Bruinfest as well as other regional events mark time as the trees hummm with cicadas and locusts.
Recently, a few bears informally met in Chicago at Northhalsted (I know I saw that written as one word somewhere) Street Days on August 11 and 12. We shared shady grins and conversation in the back patio and sat out front of Bucks and watched the mostly shirtless crowd walk by. Late in the afternoon, a den of us headed north on Halsted to Broadway to "Bears are Us" which is a fine shop of such variety that, to steal a line from G. Keillor, if they don't have it, you don't need it. Michael and Donovan shared their business cards and invited Stuart and the rest to c'mon up to the Rainbow Valley Resort in September. I'm going to take this opportunity to invite you all to consider attending as well. Either attend for Saturday or the whole four days of the weekend as Four Lakes Bears, Bear Club 4 Men, and the Brew City Bears invite you to do it up bear style. Go to our events page and click on the Standrock link.
Ben.