* Gogol, used as a fashion accessory. A paperback of the Russian author’s Dead Souls, with the title and author neatly displayed, was sticking too perfectly out the back of those cut-off jean shorts for a little light reading.

* Granted, I was in Chicago, but I still didn’t expect to see someone wearing a Wesley Willis Fiasco t-shirt. Congratulations, man, you win the award for the most obscure band t-shirt of the day.

* Maybe the title of this post should be seen, heard, and tasted because as Union Park was closing, I tasted some of the best lentils I ever had, and they were a dollar!

* A giant vagina (More on this later).