It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas, 2012 – Part 5
Not everyone can get across the ocean to visit a traditional Christmas fair. And not every city is as lucky as Chicago to have a small-scale facsimile of...
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Chicago Skyscrapers Spawn Folk Art
In the last couple of decades I’ve lived in a dozen or so cities. But only one has had the unique combination of cold winter weather and skyscrapers that makes...
Read MoreFirst Snow!
The first snow shower of the 2011/2012 season obscures the Willis Tower (233 South Wacker Drive) in the city’s...
Read MoreA Call To Burned, Sticky, Insect-Bitten Arms
Get outside this weekend. Eat an Italian ice on a sticky park bench while the bees hover. Slide down a too-hot metal slide on your stomach and burn your arms....
Read MoreBattle in the Sky Brings History Back to the Hancock
What once was old is new again. The more years I gain, the more I see that things are cyclical. But I didn’t see this coming. The seemingly friendly...
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