2 posts tagged “bears”

The Bears lost, but that didn't prevent us from enjoying some major U.S.A. comfort food at my cousin Elise's. She's recovering from hernia surgery, so Drake and I brought in a movable feast.

During the first half, there were munchies:

Go Bears

After the half, we dove into some barbeque ribs, potato salad (Drake's mom's recipe), and cornbread.

After the game, we had coffee, a wonderful pineapple cake that Elise made, and some oatmeal-chocolate cookies I had brought.

I'll post some recipes later.

A comment on YouTube on this video:

Only in Chicago does the opera come out and support the football team. We were at the Lyric on Saturday night for Fledermaus and for the bows, the entire cast came out waving Bears banners, wearing Bears scarves and hats. Love the Lyric. Love the Bears. Love Chicago.

In 1985 (the last the Bears were in the Super Bowl), my mom had a symphony concert on the Sunday afternoon of one of the playoff games. The Chicago Symphony started the program with a symphonic version of Bear Down Chicago Bears. Needless to say, the crowd went wild.