Yesterday I applied online for a Chicago Card Plus which will allow me to manage my transit card online and reload it automatically from my credit/debit card. It’s kind of like EZ Pass, but for people! Other benefits of getting a Chicago Card Plus as opposed to getting a card from the vending machine [...]

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Mystery Buds, Wicker Park, Chicago
This weekend I was poking around the front yard* and saw a wooden board in the flower bed. When I lifted it up there were these buds growing out of the ground. Does anyone know what they are? Tulips? They have to be a bulb, right?
*By front yard I mean the [...]

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Satan gave me a taco and it made me really sick. The chicken was all raw and the grease was mighty thick. The rice was all rancid and the beans were so hard. I was getting kinda dizzy eating all the lard. There was aphids on the lettuce and I ate every one and after [...]

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Looking Down 5 Floors, Crate & Barrel, Magnificent Mile, Chicago

Looking Out the Skylight, Crate & Barrel, Magnificent Mile, Chicago

My New Dining Room Table, Wicker Park, Chicago

Rachelle, Wicker Park, Chicago (Photo by Nancy)

Seared Scallops with Lemon and Dill, Wicker Park, Chicago

Nancy’s Salad, Wicker Park, Chicago

Rachelle & Nancy, Wicker Park, Chicago (Photo by Josh)
Nancy and Josh came [...]

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Anti-War Protest, The Loop, Chicago
Nancy and Josh and I came up from the subway at Clark/Lake today and found ourselves in the middle of an anti-war protest. Today marks the one year anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. Over 5,000 demonstrators flanked by police officers met on Michigan Avenue to march through the [...]

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