Chicago

Wordless Wednesday

by Caleb on July 7, 2010

More non-words on Flickr.

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This Saturday: The 25th Annual Hunger Walk

June 24, 2010

On Saturday, Caroline, Miles and I are participating in the Greater Chicago Food Depository’s 25th Annual Hunger Walk. It’s the first we’ve done, but we’re pretty excited about it. It’s such an easy way to help the Food Depository’s mission, and costs us nothing but time.
We’ll be taking some photos, so I’ll be able to [...]

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Chicago Blues

March 9, 2010

If Chicago is known for anything, it’s the amazing history of blues musicians that have come and gone from this city. And some of them had a swagger that cannot be tamed. Case in point, Muddy Waters.
Check out this amazing photo set I recently found of the still vibrant Chicago blues scene.

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An Era in Chicago Style | Prohibition

February 10, 2010

You can’t think about Chicago without thinking about the time of Al Capone and the Untouchables (even though the Chicago Tourism Office wishes this wasn’t the case).
So lately I’ve been scouring the Web, looking at photos from this period in Chicago’s history. What have I found? Lots of hats, large lapels, and dapper gangsters. It [...]

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Chicago is About People

January 20, 2010

In my ever expanding quest to put my finger on Chicago style, I stumbled across this Flickr photo set by keith-e, and I’m a little obsessed with it. Check it out.

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What is Chicago Style?

January 6, 2010

That’s the question I’m going to be asking myself over the coming year.
When I started this blog, I wanted to do a few different things. I wanted to share some cool stuff I was finding (done), I wanted to share my ideas about being a better man (done, mostly), I wanted to give the ladies [...]

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Culture | The 45th Chicago International Film Festival

October 8, 2009

While not having the draw of a Cannes or a Venice, the Chicago International Film Festival has become an institution in its own right. Welcoming people from all over the world (a Chicago specialty, whether some people realize it or not), the festival opens today with Motherhood, an Uma Thurman movie that I am not [...]

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