Category: Vignettes
Yes, Carter, they really do leash them
Several days back Carter suggested I might be kidding about kids on leashes. I snapped this photo today, for Carter.
Also, if you watch the behavio [...]
Lincoln Park speaks: Brooke Timmerman
Who better to give the lowdown on Lincoln Park than the people who live there? Last week, we interviewed a random sampling of Lincoln Parkers to get [...]
Scenes from Lincoln Park: jumping with help from Daley
Mayor Daley's Jumping Jack Program - which creates an inflatible playground at various locations in the summer - was up and jumpin' last week in a p [...]
Garden of the day: Asian sanctuary in Edgewater
This home on the 5500 block of Broadway Street in Edgewater is filled with some nice Asian decor - check out the pottery on the front porch, the dr [...]
What does your neighborhood look like after summer fests?
We snapped this pic of garbage just as we left the Taste of Randolph Street on Saturday, and it got us thinking: what does a block look like after a [...]
Scenes from Edgewater: in the Bryn Mawr el station
We spotted this colorful bench painted with scenes of kids playing hopscotch in a parking lot inside the Bryn Mawr el station. [...]
Scenes from Streeterville: move over, Mother Goose
On a Saturday afternoon stroll, we spotted these large geese hanging out on the northern edge of a dock along the Chicago River, a few blocks west o [...]
Scenes from Lake View: Rain, rain go away
We snapped this pic just as bikers and runners ducked under a viaduct near Belmont Harbor as it started to rain on Saturday afternoon. [...]
Garden of the day: 1414 W Greenleaf Ave
Courtyard buildings are ubiquitous in Chicago - especially on the North Side - but it's rare that the courtyards themselves are anything to write ho [...]
Name the nabe of the top-heavy townhomes
This building may have all the trappings of an Italian restaurant attempting to make a go of modernizing during the late-1970s, but it's actually a [...]
Monday, Monday: gettin' dandy with them diaper baggies
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo:
In our River North Journal, RNRA shares some upcoming events, from free movie [...]
Former Marshall Field's store leaves Evanston legacy
It's been a while since Macy's took over Marshall Field's. But a recent comment of the day got us thinking about Field's legacy in the suburbs.
Che [...]
Paper humans invade Evanston el platform
We spotted a couple of posterboard art installations depicting CTA riders as we waited for a train at the Davis el stop in Evanston last week. [...]
Rebel pigeons defy CTA, Metra
We snapped these pics of "rebel pigeons" defying the CTA and RTA's efforts to keep them out at the Davis el stop and Metra Main Street Station in E [...]
Worldly mural in Evanston parking lot
We spotted this mural in a parking lot on Main Street between Chicago and Sherman Avenues in Evanston. With one glance, it takes you to Chicago, Par [...]
At the Sheridan stop on the CTA Red Line
We took this photo Sunday in Lake View - of Red Line riders taking a photo of themselves. [...]
Monday, Monday: getting geeky on gardening
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo:
Over in West Lakeview / Roscoe Village, journal writer Robert Darrow breaks d [...]
Turrets on Clark Street in Lake View
A turret sits atop the vintage building at 3700 N Clark St, occupied on the ground floor by the restaurant Tuscany.
A block up, a relatively new re [...]
A rainy afternoon at Chase Park in East Ravenswood
Overcast skies and sporadic drizzle didn't stop the intramural sports action Tuesday afternoon at Chase Park, 4710 N Ashland Ave. [...]
Seagulls flock to South Side homes
We recently asked if the much-ballyhooed influx of cicadas had affected your neighborhoods, or interfered with your home searches. Most of you sadl [...]