Comments on: I Was Back Home http://www.chicagocarless.com/2006/11/19/i-was-back-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-was-back-home My off-road journey to Judaism Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:03:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: No Exit: Two Years of CHICAGO CARLESS | CHICAGO CARLESS http://www.chicagocarless.com/2006/11/19/i-was-back-home/comment-page-1/#comment-5172 No Exit: Two Years of CHICAGO CARLESS | CHICAGO CARLESS Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:08:10 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/wp/?p=187#comment-5172 [...] In Autumn 2006, all the drama finally took me by storm–literally–as the tornado sirens in downtown Chicago were sounded for the first time in more than four decades while I stood on my 38th-floor balcony. Summer’s end also saw the return of my much-beloved Portuguese culture into my life…and the creeping suspicion that I might, one day, actually choose to return to my native New York City. [...] [...] In Autumn 2006, all the drama finally took me by storm–literally–as the tornado sirens in downtown Chicago were sounded for the first time in more than four decades while I stood on my 38th-floor balcony. Summer’s end also saw the return of my much-beloved Portuguese culture into my life…and the creeping suspicion that I might, one day, actually choose to return to my native New York City. [...]

]]> By: At Home in Bedford Falls http://www.chicagocarless.com/2006/11/19/i-was-back-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2281 At Home in Bedford Falls Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:03:36 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/wp/?p=187#comment-2281 [...] continued to gnaw at me. Traveling around to other, denser cities like San Francisco and my NYC hometown–which happened to be Devyn’s city of dreams–I started to suspect again that the [...] [...] continued to gnaw at me. Traveling around to other, denser cities like San Francisco and my NYC hometown–which happened to be Devyn’s city of dreams–I started to suspect again that the [...]

]]> By: At Home in the Flyover Zone http://www.chicagocarless.com/2006/11/19/i-was-back-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1639 At Home in the Flyover Zone Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:49:47 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/wp/?p=187#comment-1639 [...] even lead a New Yorker to water, though, I just shrugged when I read the forum thread and consoled myself in thoughts of Chicago: my sub-$900 high-rise apartment; suburban-sized downtown supermarkets; and three-million [...] [...] even lead a New Yorker to water, though, I just shrugged when I read the forum thread and consoled myself in thoughts of Chicago: my sub-$900 high-rise apartment; suburban-sized downtown supermarkets; and three-million [...]

]]> By: Saudades of Things Past http://www.chicagocarless.com/2006/11/19/i-was-back-home/comment-page-1/#comment-985 Saudades of Things Past Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:49:41 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/wp/?p=187#comment-985 [...] Last weekend, after five years of my Chicago life–and for the first time ever in his–Jose visited me in Chicago. That’s “joe-ZAY”, so pronounce it right in your head when [...] [...] Last weekend, after five years of my Chicago life–and for the first time ever in his–Jose visited me in Chicago. That’s “joe-ZAY”, so pronounce it right in your head when [...]

]]> By: CHICAGO CARLESS http://www.chicagocarless.com/2006/11/19/i-was-back-home/comment-page-1/#comment-450 CHICAGO CARLESS Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:43:58 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/wp/?p=187#comment-450 <strong>All Roads Lead to Brooklyn</strong> (Photo: There's no place like home. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory.) "It all started way back in April of 2003. I had moved to Chicago to get over NYC's post-9/11 angst." October 26, 2005 "I'm a former transit planner. Cars... All Roads Lead to Brooklyn

(Photo: There’s no place like home. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory.) “It all started way back in April of 2003. I had moved to Chicago to get over NYC’s post-9/11 angst.” October 26, 2005 “I’m a former transit planner. Cars…

]]> By: CHICAGO CARLESS http://www.chicagocarless.com/2006/11/19/i-was-back-home/comment-page-1/#comment-449 CHICAGO CARLESS Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:23:26 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/wp/?p=187#comment-449 <strong>Sum of the Dharma</strong> (Photo: "Rub my head, you know you want to." -- A Christmas present from Devyn.) Spiritual awakenings take by surprise reluctant souls and lead them on unexpected journeys. A truism so simple, no elative adjectives needed. For reluctant souls,... Sum of the Dharma

(Photo: “Rub my head, you know you want to.” — A Christmas present from Devyn.) Spiritual awakenings take by surprise reluctant souls and lead them on unexpected journeys. A truism so simple, no elative adjectives needed. For reluctant souls,…

]]> By: Chad http://www.chicagocarless.com/2006/11/19/i-was-back-home/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Chad Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:38:38 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/wp/?p=187#comment-448 Okay, you...love the photo. But how was your Thanksgiving? Okay, you…love the photo. But how was your Thanksgiving?

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