I saw this sign on the bus back in May and wondered if it was in response to the accident where a woman was run over by a CTA bus and died on New Years Eve while getting her bike off the bus’s bike rack. She was dragged 80 feet before the driver noticed.

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Stephanie, Hamlin Park, Lakeview, Chicago

Stephanie, Hamlin Park, Lakeview, Chicago

Hamlin Park, Lakeview, Chicago

Jessica, Hamlin Park, Lakeview, Chicago
On Memorial Day my brother’s family came over for a visit. We were going to go to the Notebaert Nature Museum, we tried, but Lincoln Park was so crazy today. We drove around for a half hour and there was [...]

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Google Bike To Work Day, River North, Chicago
Today was the Google bike to work day. I used to bike to work all the time last year, but hadn’t done it yet this year. It made for a brutal ride. Not bad, just tiring. I realized how out of shape I am compared to last year [...]

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Last night I rode my bike home up the lakefront path instead of going up Wells to Lincoln. It added some time onto the commute, but the green grass and trees and blue sky and water were much more relaxing than the traffic on Lincoln.
Does anyone know anything more about the giraffe statues (last photo) [...]

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Last night I had the 5pm flight out of SFO to ORD. It was delayed by about an hour and a half, but I wasn’t really complaining because I’d heard some horror stories about how people were delayed over the last day or so because of the storms in Chicago. I had the window shade [...]

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