Polish is the third most common language spoken in Chicago, behind English and Spanish, and it is said that there are more Polish people here than in Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. I’m not sure about that last fact, … Continue reading →
Wait, is that not what I meant? Nope! I meant Navy Pier, Chicago, baby! What is Navy Pier, you ask? Well, it’s not where the Navy lands, that’s for sure. The base is north of the city in North Chicago, which … Continue reading →
When I still worked downtown, this was one of the views on my daily walks – Burnham Harbor. This is my husband, the professional photographer at Wolfshead Photography. I have a lot of photos of him taking pictures, because that’s … Continue reading →
Holy cow. I could not find any pictures of Koreatown through Creative Commons today. I even had trouble finding general “Albany Park” pictures, so you’ll to content yourself with the, admittedly lovely, picture above. I have lived in this town for … Continue reading →
Chicago is a tall town. We have something like five of the ten tallest buildings in the world, or some such. We no longer hold the distinction of the tallest building, but our urbanscape is filled with feats of architecture and … Continue reading →
My husband is Italian American, among other things – a little German and Irish, too. But his grandmother was born one month this side of the crossing, which means her mother made the crossing pregnant. Think about it – the nineteen-teens, … Continue reading →
No, not that kind of past! The ghost kind of past! Oh. Well, sorry, I’ve been cleaning up my office and drowning in paper, so it seemed fitting. ANYway, let’s see. Haunted Chicago Chicago is famous for a lot of things. … Continue reading →
One of the largest museums of its kind in the world, the Field Museum houses such an enormous collection that only a small fraction of its holdings are on view at any one time. The rest are used by researchers … Continue reading →
And now, Dear Reader, our travels take us east to the lakefront and one of the most striking of the high rises on the north side: the Edgewater Beach Apartments. It used to have a sister property, the Edgewater Beach … Continue reading →
This is Boria the Brave, curled up on my latest knitting project so he can give it his mojo. This is otherwise known as, furring on it. But I digress. Today, Dear Reader, is the Day for D – and … Continue reading →