Its the weekend following the Fourth of July, and its is finally hot. Glorious Chicago hot.  The kind of hot that makes us appreciate what comes later in the year.  It's festival season, stand in the lake up to your waist with a beer and chat with your friends season, get loud on the deck until well past dark over some type of charred meat from the grill season.  We do love our summers.

The deck, outfitted for relaxation and fun: