G and I were sitting at the bar and eating dinner at Jameson's Char House in Skokie on Saturday night, after having seen the Salt Creek Ballet's performance of the Nutcracker next door at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts.
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ABC Channel 7's Judy Hsu sat next to me -- wtf LOL)
And I look over and DAVE PIRNER (of Soul Asylum) is standing at the bar talking with a bunch of guys in suits, and drinking a Heineken. A much older Dave Pirner with darker (but still somewhat messy) hair but still really obviously Dave Pirner.
He paid cash for HIS beer, and walked off into to the adjacent Doubletree Hilton.
Kinda weird celeb night. IN SKOKIE.
Oh, and the ballet was actually really good!