July 1, 2013
Flower Girl
I like to buy fresh cut flowers once a week, arrange them in a vase…
Results for: Beauty
May 13, 2013
Spring Week
There’s a silly saying we like to use in Chicago, something about there being only…
March 4, 2013
View from the Top
The other night, I went to a party celebrating the twentieth anniversary of a company…
December 4, 2012
Fog
It was nearly 70 degrees in Chicago yesterday, not a typical temperature for December, and…
September 18, 2012
Other People’s Flowers
My building is flanked by two similar looking brick two-flats. The owners live in both…
July 28, 2012
Lush
It’s been a difficult summer in the Midwest; drought conditions in 98 of our 102…
July 24, 2012
Mosaic
There’s a famous mosaic in downtown Chicago by Russian Jewish artist Marc Chagall. It’s called…
July 17, 2012
Birdland
I can’t think of many small pleasures that can compare with a neighborhood stroll. You…
November 15, 2011
My Secret River
I have been living at my apartment on School Street for around eighteen years. It…