Dave and I have been in Chicago for a few days now wandering around and doing as much touristy shit as humanly possible. Today we had planned to go to the Field Museum. Our morning plans took longer than expected so we detoured to Navy Pier. The pass we bought that gives us access to all the touristy stuff isn’t supposed to be good for anything after 5:30, but we stopped by the booth for an architectural river cruise and the lady said we could get tickets for the 6:15. That gave us almost two hours to kill, so we set of to wander aimlessly around Navy Pier.

We got some snacks and checked out some of the stuff for sale. When we got to the very end of the pier, it was closed of for a private event. We went through a building to get to the other side of the pier and came across a long line of preteen girls and a police barricade. Dave asked the cop what was happening and he said, “they’re waiting for the Jonas brothers to come out.” Back on the other side I had seen a truck with a picture of Nick Jonas on it and when we first came to the other side of the pier we had seen a few cars parked and some people in suits smoking.

We cut through the building back to where we had come from so we could see the cars again out of view of the police. Just as we came out there, Nick Jonas was getting into the car. The preteens could see this happening and got all kinds of excited.

His security guard (the girls were recognizing him and calling him “Big Rob”) came to the line of girls and told them to line up single file so that they could meet the Jonas. For a few minutes, we were on the sidewalk across from all the girls watching their reactions. Eventually we were shooed to the side of the street with all the chaos.

We spent 20 minutes standing there in awe as the girls slowly moved up to have their moment with Nick. We positioned ourselves to hear their reactions as they walked away. And they were freaking hilarious.