Category archive for ‘CHICAGO’ rss

  • 16 Miles, Paid in Twenties and Hundreds

    4/01/13 • (0)

    Musing about Los Angeles distances recently, I was surprised to learn my mental yardstick had finally changed time zones.

  • My Kind of Town

    2/19/13 • (0)

    And another kind of anniversary. What a difference a decade makes. On how ten years ago, to my surprise, I became a Chicagoan.

  • The Tallit of Phillip Shenkler–UPDATE

    11/10/12 • (2)

    I’m happy to report the tallit of Phillip Shenkler got a hero’s welcome this morning–its first Shabbat morning in use in a congregational setting in at least 26 years.

  • The Tallit of Phillip Shenkler

    11/06/12 • (10)

    Phillip kept the the memorial booklet from Sara’s funeral in his tallit bag for 32 years until the day he died…and no one knew it until I opened the bag another 26 years later.

  • On How I Doctor My Shakshuka

    9/10/12 • (5)

    What’s shakshuka? What’s shakshuka?! Poached eggs in spicy tomato sauce and the best middle-eastern breakfast ever. Here’s mine. Full of photos and, as with all shakshuka recipes, controversy. B’tei avon!

  • Looking for Madison

    8/02/12 • (7)

    Ever use a GPS-enabled Android phone to circumnavigate both of Madison, Wisconsin’s major lakes searching for public lakefront access? We did. Mostly in vain.

  • Not My Father’s Cyclone

    6/29/12 • (1)

    It took me eight years to finally visit Six Flags Great America. Imagine my surprise to find the Coney Island Cyclone sitting in the middle of the Chicago suburbs.

  • The New View from Here (VIDEO)

    6/01/12 • (0)

    When I moved eight miles north from downtown Chicago, I traded in one spectacular high-rise view for another. Here’s a set of videos to show how living across from the Loop compares to living on the edge of Lake Michigan–in all its inland-sea glory.

  • A Gang in Every Alley

    5/31/12 • (1)

    Every day for years living in downtown Chicago, I knew I was missing out on locally engaging with my city and fellow inhabitants therein. But I didn’t know just how much I missed that kind of ordinary engagement until I moved to Edgewater.

  • Marina City Parting Gift: A(nother) Flood to Remember (VIDEO)

    2/09/12 • (5)

    Yesterday I thought I shared my last thoughts on Marina City. But today, Chicago’s infamously flood-prone corncobs decided to have one more watery word.