More urban blight on the corner of Roscoe and Clark. To Whomever is responsible for the "wolfmetal" sculpture: why not remove the awful motorcycles first? The corner is becoming a salute to rust.
On a sidestreet... hidden cobblestone beneath the asphalt.
One of the weirdest promo tie-ins ever. All the desktops at Best Buy have a "Hancock" picture.
Einstein Bagels gets a makeover.
Sat on the tarmac for a few hours earlier this week. I took this pic with my trusty iPhone.
One of the Charmed Ones, Alyssa Milano, loves the Cubs!!
So what are they going to build in that old Subway space? Mystery Solved!
The seniors at Mt. Carmel got out of school early and just about all of them ran over to Chipotle for a impromptu party and autograph-book signing. It was adorable with all the kids still in their uniforms. I thought to take a picture, but I didn't want to be that creepy guy taking the picture of the Catholic Schoolkids.
And a big hotel needs its own parking area, of course.
Strange Cargo indeed.
After taking a closer look, something has been added to "Sah-man-tah."
Dangerous missing manhole cover.
Strict UPS store.
The Dante's Inferno Pizza Place has erased/covered over the dancing silhouettes.
Yes. He did.
argh. This message is so confusing... is it someone's nickname? Is it a command? And what's with that heart?
Oh, post-Cubs-game vomit. I thought I could resist your siren call to take a picture and post, but alas, I am not that strong. But, check out the red (and only red) M&Ms mixed into the puke. Delicious!
A flier for a pot parephenlia website isn't anything too new ("Check it out! Available here! No more headaches splitting blunts"), but the fact that an eight-year-old was handing them out is.
At a midnight showing of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" there were many people in costume. Just in the theater I was in there were several Indys, a Marion, an Irina Spalko, and a Mutt Williams.
I plan on dressing as Indiana Jones for the Dark Knight premiere.
The store facade is perhaps a bit too demure.
Insane traffic on a Monday... backed up to Buckingham.
This man loves milk!
The old Subway building has been scary derelict. I wonder what's going on in there...? Some kids dared me to run up and ring the doorbell but I only got as far as the porch.
Zoinks! Look what's going on in there! This used to be our sandwich playground.
One of those little photo magnets randomly on a window frame on Clark Street. It's four dudes all blurryly just hanging.
Ride the Public Short Bus.
This bag is for carrying tiny dead children.
Cohen Family Reunion.
I like to think that the Knights of the Round Table started the same way... posters and signs on the streets.
Hm. That's the kind of knight talent you get when you post on street corners.
This clothing store had several racks marked "Do Not Touch". Apparently it was all a grand experiment merging a museum with its' gift shop. And this was a dress museum.
The fate of all my lottery tickets.
The video billboards inside Wrigley broadcast static on off-days. It's a creepy effect.
The Nisei Lounge is closing. It was founded in the seventies by Japanese-Americans (that's what Nisei means: children of immigrants to America.) The Nisei were referred to in a negative context during WW2 and I guess this is where they could, uh, lounge. In a bitter irony, as soon as the Cubs have a Japanese player the Nisei Lounge announces it is closing. Go and have a delicious Asahi before they close.
And of course, there are still vendors still those GD shirts.
So, what will these kids do? The musical Goonies? Nightmare Before Christmas on-stage? ARgh. I can't imagine having to watch those shows.
If I'm ever in "Worst Possible Pain" my face is going to look a lot F%^&#ing worse than a few tears.
New sexy porn store opening up on Clark Street. Obviously, lots of DVDs, and I predict some fancy dildos. Fancy dildoes!!!
Weird metal sheet or door on Clark Street. If you look hard you can see that someone has written the word "China" on it. If this was a kids book, you'd be able to open the door and step through into China and we'd learn all about its culture and foods and peoples.
Man, I wish I had a record player.
At a special preview for Iron Man on Monday night. You can be the sadly easily replaced romantic counterpart to Dr. McDreamy.
The Iron Man nerds wait patiently in line.
Suddenly, about 200 people came rushing up the stairs. Some of them were dressed as the Joker.
They had all solved some riddles on-line and figured out there would be a special showing of the new trailer for The Dark Knight at that theater.
But, according to the person running the Iron Man preview, "They weren't cool enough to see a full feature."
Someone REALLY enjoys Cubs games.
