I’ve walked along this stretch a few times, many years ago. But this was back when there weren’t any steps up to the trail… and you had to find a low spot (like the one near Paulina and Bloomingdale Ave) and bring your own steps.
The apartment is located right on Milwaukee, right near where Myopic is located. I remember saying that this apartment is the kind of place I would have loved to have had, when I first moved here 16 years ago… if I had only gotten my shit together.
Xoco, which I didn’t realize was situated at the old location for holiday (where I once got to use a breathalyzer). It was a tequila bar after that, and maybe a few other things in the following years. It’s been a long time since I’ve been back to the neighborhood.
On Saturday, Rob and the other artists in his studio space are having an open house at 4045 N Rockwell Street. The event goes from 5 – 10PM, and looks to feature a lot of different work from different folks…
Last month, while we were over at his place… Justin, Anna, Liz and I got to glimpse some of his work, as he had a few sketches lying about. Very cool to see some copies online – they look so good!
Saturday evening, Liz and I headed over to Rob and Gretchen’s place to celebrate Rob’s birthday. On arriving, we found the place completely decked out – Valentine’s day decorations aplenty, with a lot of red lighting.
I got tip from Mike last week that Rob’s fantastic Rookery Building Print was featured in a shop somewhere, near Jackson and Clark. I arrived downtown a little earlier than normal one day, and decided to see if I could track it down.
After work yesterday, Justin and I went to go see Rob present at a Pecha Kucha event. Entitled Humanity and the Environment, this was a one-off event that took place at a new venue, and was held at the School of the Art Institute. Walking in, we found Gretchen in the audience and camped out near her. Rob was pacing…
Met up with Rob over the weekend, to kick around an idea I’ve had for a while. We went through a pot of coffee as we chatted, and what felt to me like 30 minutes ended up actually being more like 2.5 hours. Thinking about collaborating, and getting some prints made. Don’t have details to offer beyond that (mostly because…
After work on Friday, Liz and I headed over to the Chicago Urban Art Society, and attended Book Odds – a collaboration between Third Coast and The Books. Contributors to the short docs had to work within set paramters: 3 minutes in length, and each piece had to include 2 of 8 samples provided by The Books. There were a…
On Friday, October 1st, my friend Rob Funderburk will be at the 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge. He’ll be doing some “large scale doodling” during the event, which should be really cool to see. A little bit about this year’s challenge, entitled Book Odds: Produce a short audio story (up to three minutes) inspired by (and named after) song titles…
Last month, I posted about Rob’s Rookery Building print and how he was selling them via his online store. Liz and I ordered one up, and we had the fine experience of Rob hand delivering the print over to our apartment. We spent some time talking about his process, and talked a lot about the various details in the piece….
Alex and Linda are in town this evening, stopping in Chicago en route to a wedding in Bloomington. Justin and Dave are also travelling to Bloomington, and tonight’s stopover allowed many of us to meet Johanna for the very first time. After work, I made my way over to the Chicago Diner, a vegetarian diner on Halsted that’s not too…
After an all-too-brief nap, Abby wakes me up and we head out for a bite to eat. On the way home, we stop off tobuy a crapton of booze for the party, and begin the process of loading up for the hotel. On the way out, I spotted the local ice cream truck, something that’s become theharbinger of Spring for…