Hyde Park is Obama country. Before his current gig, he taught law at the University of Chicago, and his home away from White House is still here in Hyde Park. Local businesses certainly take advantage, to varying degrees of creativity, of this obvious marketing strategy:
Midterms rally this weekend, and Obama was in town. Was my first time hearing him speak live.
Waiting in line
Waiting for Common (yes, he made a guest appearance)
Oğuz waiting for all of the Chicago dems to stop talking. Also funny because you can see the kid in the center wearing a "Where fun comes to die" sweatshirt.
Obama's on stage
Midway's packed
Most prevalent thought while taking this picture: we have a pretty cool president.
1 comment:
I'll say, We have a cool president, glad you took time out to record the event for us too far away to take advantage of the opportunity.
Your pictures told a story, except for the temperature, it's hard to tell.
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