周五跟朋友去了Chicago SummerDance芝加哥夏日舞蹈活动，有人专门教大家跳一种舞蹈，今天的舞是Rueda de Casino，是古巴的salsa舞。还没开始就有很多人占好地儿，铺好野餐的东西了。刚开始只有一…

芝加哥夏天每个满月之日会有一个Full Moom Fire Jam的活动，会有很多杂技玩火的表演，规模还挺大的，很多难度系数好高啊，看着都替他们担心会烧到自己，一定都是多年的练习才能达到这种地步的，很佩服。这是我第一次来…

这周回到一周前的同一家housesitting看家，小猫见到我很亲，应该是还记得我呢。客厅里的新变化就是房主在储物间/猫沙盆房间的门上开了个专门方便猫进出的小门，太可爱了。估计因为上次走之前给他们做了饭放冰箱，这次女主人…

最近车总有点儿小毛病，右侧车前灯的指示灯一直亮着，估计是灯泡坏了。我一直犯懒，拖了两礼拜没管，想着有空去修车厂检查换个灯泡就行。直到上周在美国独立日的烤肉派对上认识了个组织一起去划皮划艇的人，聊到他开的2010年左右的P…

On Monday night, I went to a barbecue party hosted by a friend on the couch to celebrate the American Independence Day. I picked up another couch couch friend along the way to go together. It was after six o'clock, and there were already many people. There were a lot of delicious food at the party. of. In addition to some couch-surfing friends who have met before, many people who don't know this platform at all come slowly, some are parties...

The air quality index in Chicago has been seriously out of the table since Tuesday, and the smoke from the fire in Canada has finally blown over from New York. Housesitting's air purifier has been on automatically since Monday night, after not running for the previous week. It is said that Chicago’s air quality index was the highest in the world on Tuesday, and it was gray outside,…

On Monday, I went to the Bahá'í Temple in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Bahá'í is a philosophical teaching and belief that originated in Persia (now Iran). It is also an independent religion. There are about five million people of different races in the world who believe in this religion. Their gist is that all humanity is united, all religions...

I went to a new housesitting house on Thursday. Both the hostess and hostess are computer game programmers, and the hostess also likes interior decoration. The design of the home is particularly artistic, and the colors are well matched. The hostess is a Mexican-American, their cat is called Benito, and the famous Mexican president Benito...

On Wednesday, I went to a traditional Mexican restaurant recommended by a friend to eat their famous chilaquiles. There was a queue at the door at 11 o'clock, and I had to wait for half an hour to get in. I heard that this store is very old, and it used to be a place for funerals. There are many religious decorations on the walls inside. In Mexican chilaquill…

Memorial Day Veterans Memorial Day long weekend, my friend and I walked all the way from Lincoln Square housessitting to Foster Beach. Summer is here, and there are people everywhere who come out to bask in the sun. Chicago's winter is too long and summer is too short, everyone...