The Circus Is In Town

And you should go! Seriously! I'm not talking about that lame Weed street ex-nightclub, nor am I referring to the Saturday-night patronage of Rush Street, I mean the real circus - Ringling Bros/Barnum & Bailey, baby. While I'm not certain that it can legitimately be called the "Greatest show on earth" (a friend pointed out, and I agree, that to really be the greatest show on earth, you've got to serve beer), it's more fun than you remember, and they've updated it with some cool technical effects. Cap the night off with dinner in the bar at O'Brien's on Wells Street (listening to their jazzy lounge band) -- as Garron and I recently did -- and you've got a mellow PG evening that won't leave you with a headache the next morning -- perfect for the holiday season, since all that family time can be headache enough.