3858 W Madison formerly a tavern My grandfather bought it in the 30's we think and his widow sold it in the 60's Pin 16-11-312-019-0000 My dad bartended there as well as grandfather and uncle.

Cicadas are fascinating. A thing I got at a thrift store years ago

Reminiscent of the Harry Weese townhomes on the Chicago River.

After repotting and pruning the dining room plants, time to sweep up behind me. Is that my mother's face? Yes indeed I have turned in to my mother.

The best Ritz was the Berwyn Ritz.

We didn't usually see each other's headers. Here's mine.

My grandfather's bar in 1962 with Blatz, Schlitz or Meister Brau. There's a record book where he tracked how many beers and how many shots sold each day.

Detectorists

He thinks he's a Jedi.

Slap Shot was the last movie on the marquee and stayed up there for years. Parents let us go there by ourselves to be in air conditioning. Or maybe just to get rid of us. I loved that place, my neighborhood gem.

Reading this which is pretty rough going (war descriptions) & listening to Best Short Stories 2022 on Hoopla.

Where my grandparents lived

When they sell off the federal buildings in Chicago, will they sell Calder's Flamingo? Over my dead body.

If you see this, quote post with a photo you took of a sunset

Turner's 'Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and the Dying'. Incredibly moving

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