Why did the rat cross the road? Well, it didn't.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Day 9 - Beach Bike Shereen
Today both my wife, Shereen, and I were off work so we went for a bike ride. We rode for about an hour and a half through Wicker Park, Bucktown, Lincoln Park, and about seven miles on the lakefront. This is remarkable since Shereen just got a bike last year and learned to ride it on the lakefront. This year she started riding in the city, today being one of her more epic rides.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Day 8 - After School
My lunch break is often an opportunity for me to look for photos on the days I work, and today I walked about in the rain after my mushroom stuffed slice at Amato's. Walking by the Red Line station, I first shot the canvasser with the umbrella hat soliciting donations (or signatures, maybe) from bare-headed people standing in the rain, listening to his spiel. Then, when I had crossed to the opposite corner, I saw a kid just out of school with his scooter in the rain. He seemed not quite miserable, but certainly a little unhappy.
Day 7 - Curbside Eats
Day 7 could have had a photo of my doctor during a physical, or a gangster I met in the park, but I missed those opportunities as well as a girl pulling a massive pile of tree branches out of her car on Milwaukee Avenue. Being hesitant with the camera does me no favors, but I got this instead.
Day 6 - Big Baby
Yep, a big, creepy baby. I wonder how many times I'm going to use a photo of street art in my 365, which makes me think I should have used the photo of caprese salad i took at Santullo's that night. I think this is one of my good street art photos, though, so I'm sticking with it. The artist responsible for these babies was previously plastering a Bananaman throughout the city.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Day 5 - Michiganders
For the second year in a row, Labor Day proved to be the end of summer in Chicago. These two came from Michigan hoping for some beach time, which they haven't had on previous visits. The weather didn't work out for that, but it was a really beautiful day despite being chilly and very windy. I saw the sky when I got out of work (Labor Day is the day that everybody in the US goes to work and declares a holiday, right?) and had to head for the lake to get some photos. The colors and the clouds were fantastic. The wind was pretty forceful, which resulted in crashing waves and sand everywhere. I'm still trying to get it out of my ears. I ended up with several photos that I'm quite happy with, including this one. The last gasps of warm weather are still to come, including one later this week, and I really am looking forward to it. Summer goes far too quickly now that I don't live in Texas.
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