Mojito Melt Away, $14
Want to make your summer cocktail uber-refreshing? Add a scoop of something cold and creamy. Mint ice cream, rum and fresh mint come together for this adults-only summer float served at Seasons Bar and Lounge (Four Seasons Hotel, 120 E. Delaware Pl. 312-649-2349). Other floating spirits include Lemon Lush (lemon sorbet and lemon drop martini), Chilly Chocolate (chocolate ice cream, chocolate liqueur and vanilla vodka), Cosmo Crush (cranberry sorbet and cosmopolitan) and Poolside Margarita (Grand Marnier sorbet, Jose Cuervo Platino tequila and Cointreau). Available through Labor Day.
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For more boozy ice cream concoctions, search for “Cone I buy you a drink?” at metromix.com
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FEST FLASH
Pride Parade
When: Sunday
Where: Halsted Street and Belmont Avenue in Boystown
Entry: Free
Get there: No. 77 Belmont bus; Belmont Red Line “L” stop
The basics: Trust us: This ain’t your grandma’s parade. The 39th annual celebration of gay rights is a blur of rainbow flags, colorful costumes and even more colorful characters. Animated crowds line the streets and watch from rooftops and windows along the route, which runs north on Halsted Street from Belmont Avenue to Broadway, south to Diversey Parkway and east to Cannon Drive.
Don’t miss: Afterparties in Andersonville (Back Lot Bash) and Lakeview (Girl Blast). Get all the details at metromix.com.
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MORE FESTIVALS
– 28th Annual Taste of Chicago. The mother of all food fests kicks off Friday in Grant Park and continues for 10 finger-lickin’ days. More coverage: Plan your Taste attack (page 29) and find out more about this year’s must-see music (metromix.com). Free admission; $8 buys 12 food-and-drink tickets.
– Chicago Pride Fest. Gear up for Sunday’s parade on Saturday with DJs and live music from disco legend Martha Wash (The Weather Girls), ’80s tween star Tiffany and others at Halsted Street and Waveland Avenue.
– Cans Music Fest. Icons of the ’90s music scene headline this fest just outside of Cans Bar and Canteen in Bucktown. Rock out to Vanilla Ice (Friday) and C&C Music Factory (Saturday).
– BAM! Belmont Arts and Music Fest. See The Redwalls, Waco Brothers and Dot Dot Dot (Saturday) and the Smoking Popes, American Music Club and Justin Townes Earle (Sunday), among others, on two stages at this Roscoe Village blowout.
– Peace Fest. Hail to flower power Friday through Sunday in Lincoln Park with more than 20 bands, including Ferdinand Fox and Genral Patton and His Privates. Also: drum circles, activist booths and health food vendors.
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Rebecca Palmore, metromix events producer
rkpalmore@tribune.com
