I just flew in from Chicago, boy are my arms tired!

Another road trip for Heineken's Red Star Soul Series took me to the Windy City and it was cold! Despite the temperature, soul fans flocked to the Chicago event featuring performances by R&B hitmakers Angie Stone and Bilal. There was so much buzz in the city about the event that even R. Kelly was in the house (I did not actually see him myself but there were several eyewitnesses).

Some of our journalist friends also made it out including Deborah Brown who is now at WMAQ-TV but used to book Shore Fire clients left and right when she was the morning show contact at WGN TV. Marti Parham of Jet Magazine was also there and we made sure she got the VIP treatment.

I took the next day off to visit with friends and got a chance to sit in on a taping of the Oprah Winfrey show. Tune in October 16 and maybe you will get a chance to see me.