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Mink, no jacket
I did not take this picture. In science news this week, the scientist in our family, who is running a bunch of camera traps around rural upstate New York, came up with this, a snap of an American mink taking … Continue reading
Won’t you be my walleye
The boarded-up storefront by the Logan Square El stop has become a marquee for all sorts of communications – mostly handbills about band concerts and gallery openings, but also lost pets, I Saw Yous, hey loser – take this skeevy … Continue reading
Panic Button Monday definitely did not invite this squirrel
Every time I push the Panic Button, this shows up.
Snowing, but I don’t have to think about it
We are buckling down for a messy, icy storm. I left the office early, a thing almost unheard of, slogging from the train through a few inches of slush and ice. I wanted to get home before things fell below … Continue reading
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Tagged Detroit Opera House, Detroit's Walk fashion show, Downtown Detroit
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Today’s Panic Button Monday is not brought to you by the letters B, C, and I
Every time I push the panic button, this shows up.
We can care for each other anywhere
This graffito just appeared under a rail viaduct on Addison. It’s new, but the idea of using the viaducts for mass communication is not – there they are on busy city streets, relatively protected from the elements, seen by thousands … Continue reading
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Tagged Addison viaduct, Chicago graffito, curve of her shoulder
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Not so secret
The other night we went to a wonderful pop-up dinner held by Tuesday Night Dinner – this one at the No Sandbox gallery here in Chicago. I had never been in that gallery before. It’s on the 4th floor of … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago Loop, pop-up restaurants, Tuesday Night Dinner
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But first Panic Button Monday will master algebraic surfaces, supersymmetry and the art of rope twirling
Every time I push the panic button, this shows up.
I wish I were
9591 Iris had a crowded calendar this weekend, what with the usual errands, an urgent need to do time at the gym (made more so because of satisfying a huge craving for beer and a burger), and then serious prep … Continue reading
The pretty good day
These days, every American museum of art with an even vaguely contemporary collection must have a Richter of its own. Here is the Milwaukee Art Museum, a few days back, with a big splendid Richter that gets an entire wall … Continue reading
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