Tag: Chicago

Around here we say things like, “in my neighborhood, it sounds like they’ve been celebrating the 4th of July for months.” Get it? No? In Chicago, we hope that those distant BANGS! and POPS! are fireworks and not fire arms — even though we hear them year ro...

Another tale of life on the road, albeit a short one this time, was still a dramatic experience. One of a trucker's worst nightmares is trying to make a delivery in a major city on a Friday afternoon. Being in Chicago, the problem is compounded. The reason that time of the week is dreaded ...

In my first article, I tempted you with the prospect that nature and landscape photography opportunities exist and are possibly even a reason to visit the Chicagoland area. Well, did you know that millions of birds fly through this area every spring and fall? And that hundreds of species o...

In my first article, I tempted you with the prospect that nature and landscape photography opportunities exist and are possibly even a reason to visit the Chicagoland area. Well, did you know that millions of birds fly through this area every spring and fall? And that hundreds of species o...

The two metropolises, that are Chicago and Los Angeles, found themselves confronted in a singularly sharp way with social and economic changes that affected the Western world at specific times in history, namely the industrialization of the 20th century and the globalization of the 21st century. Th...

The most user-friendly layer of Chicago’s underground is the Pedway System. The term “Pedway” is a conjunction word formed from “pedestrian way.” A busy city like Chicago is always looking for ways to drop syllables for efficiency! Functionally, the Pedway is a colle...

Last night we saw a wonderful performance of The Lehman Trilogy performed by Timeline Theatre here in Chicago. The play (originally written in Italian by Stefano Massini) tells the story of the Lehman brothers’ rise and fall, but it’s also the history of banking, investment, and finance ...

In 1896, the German Lutheran churches of Chicago published Geschichte der Gründung und Ausbreitung der zur Synode von Missouri, Ohio und Andern Staaten gehörenden Evangelisch-Lutherischen Gemeinden U. A. C. zu Chicago, Illinois, a history of their growth in the city beginning wit...

I should have titled this “Shouting Into the Wind” but I decided on a more grabby title. Besides, shouting into the wind (the information hurricane known as the Internet) isn’t as futile as it’s made out to be. If anyone hears your shouts, they know someone is shouting about ...