Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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Fifty Bucks for POTUS
Yesterday some dude who works for the re-election campaign of the President of the United States asked me to give them money, so I did. I gave $50 to Obama 2012, and I strongly urge anyone who voted for our President in 2008 do so as well. The other day there was a “small donors…
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Incomplete Take on the History of Open Data in Chicago
In light of today’s official open data launch by Cook County, I wanted to do a top-of-the-head post about what I know– and what I’ve heard from people who know more– about the history of open data in Chicago. Data journalism has long been a main driver of the open data movement. The current (and…
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Blog of the Year: Wild Salmon Kitchen
My wife’s aunt, Ann Barker, has been publishing the most fascinating blog I’ve read in a long, long time: Wild Salmon Kitchen. Here’s their story: We are a family living in the Alaskan wilderness, harvesting wild salmon in commercial quantities during the short summer season. We love our lifestyle, and what we do. We are…
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Upon Coming Upon the Scene of Accident Late Last Night at the Northeast Corner of County Farm and Winfield Roads
I saw a white car creeping along the Prairie Path trail and found that odd; out of place. Upon turning left on County Farm I discovered that the driver, a youngish blond, had gotten out and was approaching the victim of the crash, who was in a white car turned around and half-up on the…
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Detail of the Great Garden South of the Conservatory in Lincoln Park
The other day I rode to the Alfred Caldwell Lilly Pool just north of the Lincoln Park Zoo. This is one of my favorite places in the city. I also stopped in the Conservatory and was stunned to see the incredibly full–bloomed Great Garden at Stockton Dr. & Webster St. Here’s some info on the Garden…