I totally forgot! Robyn and Joe (from Take 2 Vintage) are having a yard sale tomorrow: Saturday and Sunday, October 1/2 from 10 AM – 4PM. Given that they frequent events like the Vintage Bazaar as vendors, you can only imagine what kind of treasures they might have at their house.
Most days, as I’m walking to and from work, I’ll glance up at the very large Illinois Centennial Monument that sits at the heart of Logan Square. For whatever reason, the nerd in me giggles whenever I see a pigeon on the monument – a small bird, sitting on top of a larger bird. I don’t know why it tickles me so much, but it does.
On my way to work this morning, I took out the trash and walked through the alleyway that runs somewhat parallel to Logan Boulevard. Near the end, where it meets up with the alley that runs along Milwaukee… I spotted this odd note, spray-painted into the ground.
Spotted this in the tiniest of front yards along Logan Boulevard, on my way home from work. I walked by, did a double-take, and it kind of caught my eye.
It’s been well over a year since I first saw this, and I’m amazed that it’s still around. Although… it does look like someone tried to remove it, recently, given all the scraps on the ground. The original peice was pretty neat.
Every day, on the way in to work, I pass by a series of silhouettes near the Logan Square Blue Line stop. They’re situated along the wall, and I usually catch them out of the corner of my eye.
Spotted this on the way home, near the Logan Blue Line stop. As I was looking up, I noticed clouds occupying only half the sky. One side had them, the other side was absolutely clear – as blank as a piece of paper. This photo doesn’t really do the moment much justice, but it felt…
Spotted this small gathering of birds on the way to work yesterday morning. I’ve seen two birds on the statue before, but this was my first glimpse of a group of them (six in total). Specifically, they are perched atop the Illinois Centennial Monument. But for my money, it’s six birds sitting on a giant…
Spotted this woman walking around Logan Square yesterday. I’m not sure of the actual purpose of her umbrella hat. If it was meant to block the sun, that made sense… but there were a ton of clouds out, and the entire sky was a blanket of gray. If it was meant to prevent against rain,…
A few weeks back, we had a pretty crazy hail storm hit Chicago. While I delayed a bit in calling the insurance company, it took until now (three plus weeks later) before I could even get in to meet with the insurance adjustor. There were so many vehicles damaged during that storm, the appointments windows…
Last week, we had a storm roll through which resulted in some crazy hail. The sound of it hitting our roof was like softballs, pounding into our apartment. I had taken my camera to our back porch to try to record the hail falling, but after opening the door a large piece smacked me right…
On the way to work today, Liz insisted that we swing by the Logan Square Comfort Station – a small building located on a triangular patch of land, nestled between Logan Boulevard and Milwaukee. As we got closer to the building, she kept asking me Do you see it yet? I didn’t notice the tiny…
In Brightest Day… In Blackest Night… I first saw guys working on this sign on May 24th, as we were walking to the Logan Blue Line stop. This was probably around 8:30AM. At the time of the install, I was hoping to catch a guy sticking out of GL’s head (I was thinking of this…
We got a lot of rain on Saturday, and it looks like it backed up the sewer drains near our place. I was looking out the window onto one of the side streets that runs parallel to Logan Boulevard, and our parking spots were covered with a good amount of water. Detail of the flooding….
We got out of work a little early on Friday, and on my way home I spotted these tables set up outside Ciao Napoli Pizzeria. Tilted tables, tilted. Related:CTA TiltImaginary Captions: Funny CTA Ad