Tag Archives: Chicago

My Favorite Things

It was a wickedly cold morning just like this when I walked a few blocks from my Ravenswood apartment, and was fortunate that there was a 145 bus, idling in the lot, awaiting its departure time. I don’t remember what … Continue reading

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Road Rage on LSD

(Note: “LSD” in this post refers to Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive, if you are interested in  that other  LSD, you can start here.) Taxi! At my ad agency  jobs in Chicago, we were reimbursed for taxi fare if we worked … Continue reading

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I Don’t Care If I Never Get Back

Just Passing Through I first arrived in Chicago in late summer of 1992. I intended to only stay about two weeks before returning to the East Coast. As I neared the end of that two-week  period, the temperatures had cooled … Continue reading

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A Purpose-Driven Night (Part One)

Cold and Broke Several months before my 31st birthday, I felt glum for two primary reasons. I wasn’t worried about getting older; though for the first time in my life, I worried about getting colder. I had spent many of … Continue reading

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