West Loop, Chicago
I never see this gate closed… except this once!

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Clark/Lake Station, The Loop, Chicago
US Cellular customers can now talk on the CTA trains, even underground. This would annoy me more, except that my commute is on the Brown Line now, which is completely above ground and therefore people have always been able to use their cell phones on the Brown Line trains. And they [...]

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Paulina Brown Line Stop, Roscoe Village, Chicago
In addition to my commute being an hour, I counted today, and I’ll be walking up and down well over 100 stairs each way, to and from work. Eek! Before I lived on the first floor and took a bus to work so the only steps were the 1-2 [...]

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Roscoe Village, Chicago
Even if I can’t find anything, all the stuff is in the new place. Last night I turned my old keys in and got my deposit, so I officially live in Roscoe Village now. The reality of my new commute* set in this morning when I arrived late for a meeting at work [...]

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I took this screenshot of my Blogbeat stats a few weeks ago. It shows the origins of visitors to rachelleb.com. The larger the city name, the more people from that area. Chicago is, of course, the biggest, but it’s interesting to see where all of my other visitors are from. At the time I think [...]

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