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This is from Danielle Albert, sharing the Pedway secret:

“pedway secret…
I was a little reluctant to share this information with you…
but I decided to be kind to my saic neighbor and share the wealth…
I have recently discovered how to walk to Columbus Drive via the amazing Chicago Pedway…
Here is how you do it:
Enter either through Macy’s [...]

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Another gem from David Getsy:
“Readers are like sheep, you have to lead them away from the wolves, lead them away from the cliffs, and towards the gooooood … green … grass”

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November 27 will bring the opening of the silliness that is the Christkindlmarket in Chicago.
For information about the event see this listing
Besides my enthusiasm for candied nuts and Glühwein, the best thing about the Christkindlmarket in Chicago is WATCHING PEOPLE EAT. It is always hilarious. The desperate attempts to fit whole sausauges into mouths, to [...]

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The Rat City float in the 2008 North Halsted Halloween Parad
Photograph courtesy of Ben Fain.

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I bought locally grown Cippolini onions from Green Grocer on Grand Avenue, and caramelized them.
I’ve been told this blog lacks images - and it does!
Woeful but true! Here is a small attempt to rectify the situation.

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This morning the staff at F Newsmagazine had a casual breakfast meeting with SAIC’s new(ish) President, Duke Rieter.
I don’t want to let all the secrets out of the bag, but here are a few details of the discussion (meh, what secrets? there are no secrets, we’re interested in what everyone thinks…)
The meeting was quite frank [...]

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Now… I know post offices are BAD NEWS. In general, all around the world, they are havens of bureaucratic bungles and profoundly inefficient processes. They are, almost always THE PITS. And in Chicago, you get to multiply that by 10. THE PITS x 10. It’s actually pretty hilarious how bad they are. It’s like I’m [...]

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A friend of mine found this interesting blog on “architectural conjecture, urban speculation, landscape futures” with some very interesting posts about experimental building projects. The blog is authored by Geoff Manaugh, senior editor of Dwell magazine. He was recently in Chicago for the Chicago Humanities Festival where he spoke at “Offshoring Audacity,” and “Burnham 2.0“

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A friend of mine tried to vote this morning. She had her registration card ready, and when she showed it to the officials, and they looked her up, they said,
“Well, you are registered, but you’re registered as someone who has to vote on our computers, you can’t vote by paper ballot. And our computer voting [...]

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What’s better than back-chatting idiotic television commentators on election night?
Grilling political commentators in person
See my Flavorpill listing on the GOAt Election Watch night at Schubas

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Famous people are funny at election time. I just got this email from Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor. Since the last time I got genuinely excited about Nine Inch Nails I was a black-nail-polish donning teen, I’m not sure this will effect my (already cast) vote. But I’m sharing the love anyhow. The wording is [...]

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