Tag Archives: chicago

Two Things

1) The clouds were moving from east to west this morning. wtf?
2) The sky was so clear (aside from the high clouds) that for the first time since moving to Chicago, I could see a city in Michigan across the lake (I’m 95% sure. It might have been Michigan City, Indiana, which is right on [...]

Right On Time

As usual, a giant summer thunderstorm cell is bearing down on Chicago just in time to fuck up rush hour.

Notes on a Transit System: Deux

As the summer winds down (three more weeks!), it is time for another assessment of CTA logistics.
Extra Buses (or, Why it’s Better to Live on the North Side)
I concluded in the first installment that leapfrogging can be legitimate. On a busy bus route, a pack of buses showing up to a bus stop with lots [...]

Another Monday

Yesterday I was up early (hungry cats, an eastern exposure, and waking up around 7 every weekday morning make it difficult to sleep late), and decided to finally go get my bike from Hyde Park. I had locked it up to a signpost about three weeks ago, after moving out of the5509, and hadn’t really [...]

Let’s Talk About the Weather

After a second (or is it third?) round of thunderstorms yesterday and last night, today is reminiscent of a crisp autumn day. The lake is choppy and vibrant blue; the sky has shed its cloak of haze; and the skyline has transformed from a matte, 2-dimensional backdrop to a play into a living sculpture.
Le echo [...]