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New game! A loyal reader has given me a page number between 1-1000, roughly the amount of pages in the huge and beautiful Encyclopedia of Chicago. I’ll pick something from that page and we’ll talk about it here. I think this will really help expand my knowledge base (so I don’t just keep reading about Louis [...] I know I know. It’s not like you’ve walked by this building a million times and never noticed it. That is impossible, it’s like stepping on an elephant and not noticing, which I’ve done by the by, poor elephant. BUT! Just yesterday I walked by Sullivan Center and was FLOORED. Floored. It is extremely beautiful. I [...] Oh if I could go back to any time in history it would be the Worlds Fair (or King Henry’s court but this is CHICAGO Elevated, not Tudor Elevated, which is still a really great blog idea) of 1893. To see what it must have been like, the white buildings, the people, the Court of [...] I’m interested in working with video a little more. So if you like short and sweet, cute and funny, deep yet entertaining – please watch a few short videos won’t you? The first one is titled: Free Falling in the Pedway: The second one is called: Spring is coming and I have proof. And, meet my dog [...] Photo Courtesy of Ildar Sagdejev Last week I went to hear Stephen Sondheim speak at The Harris Theater. I’ll move on to what this has to do with Chicago a moment, but here’s one thing: The Harris Theater is not laid out very well. My mom is in a wheelchair and it was a bit [...] A long time ago a boy I loved asked me “if you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?” I smiled knowingly and said “I would live here; I would live in Chicago.” He looked at me disapprovingly, he was not satisfied with my answer, there were far to many illustrious and [...] Chicago. To me it means “freeze your ass off all winter so you can truly enjoy the sunshine when it finally arrives in August.” Heh, but really. Chicago came from an Indian word: Checagou. Many times on my tours I make people laugh letting them know Chicago really means “smelly onion.” I feel comfortable enough saying [...] |
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