Chicago’s Mercurial Weather Patterns
If the rhyme were true then April’s showers would be a thing of the past by now leaving us in June to luxuriate in the perpetuated scent of May’s flowers.
But here in Chicago where the weather can stop on a dime nothing of the sort was present just two days past.
And so Tuesday morning I selected my sons’ very stylish clothing for the day based on the previous day’s “ain’t life grand” foray into the 80s (degrees, not decade). Unfortunately the day veered drastically from its most immediate predecessor and we were greeted by a day straight from London – chilly, wet, and unforgiving.
So as we made our first stop at Nookie’s on Wells for breakfast it was a mad sprint from our parking space a block away to the comfortable climes of a Chicago landmark. Making the tumbling raindrops even more grating as I balanced Jackson in one arm and buried my free hand in my pocket was the fact that each quarter I nabbed would purchase only 15 minutes at the meter.
And so it goes.
As a full-time realtor in Chicago and gratefully among the industry’s top performers, I work every weekend, both Saturdays and Sundays. Pick up the phone and call top producing Chicago realtor Tom McCarey at 773.848.9241 and you will reach him. To offset this hectic schedule and to spend time with the reason that I work so hard (my family) I spend the bulk of Mondays and Tuesdays with my wife and my two boys. On this particular Tuesday we were on the trail to find a playset/tree house that would nestle in our side yard for the next decade for Jackson and Lucas.
On a previous excursion perusing car lots on the North Shore Nicole had spotted several suitable purveyors. With this remembrance of things past we nosed the 4 Runner north through the steadily increasing rain to take a look.
Time passed and we continued north through Chicago and traced our path up the Edens Expressway, passing Old Orchard in Skokie and nosing to where the highway ends in Deerfield. Just north of this juncture where 94 joins the tollway we stumbled into the candidates (for our kids’ playsets, not the presidency).
By this time, though, the rain was of the bucketload variety and our June day felt more like we were on the verge of winter’s chill rather than summer’s warmth. Getting out of the car was not only not an option, it was just a plain bad idea.
So nestled in our shell we continued our northward trek. Looking back at Jackson and Lucas, donning clothing more geared for the 80s, not the 50s, I settled upon the idea to go where no man (me) had gone before, the outlet stores in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. There we could amend my earlier poor choice-making and get a few more layers of clothing for those better reflections of myself, my sons.
Long story short we walked briskly, my wife and I, each carrying one of our sons as we shared our body temperatures with our offspring until Baby Gap and Old Navy and Converse afforded us sweat pants here, hooded sweatshirts there, hightop gym shoes as well.
At the end of the process there we were, full circle from where we started – Stylishly adorned boys now ready to face the day, chilled though it turned out to be.
And as I tickle the keys in this latest entry the mercury is already pushing past 70 with a thickly humid sensibility rooted in a night of heavy storms. Welcome to Tropical Chicago.
Did I say something about Chicago weather stopping on a dime. Now the dime is slick with the thick air more akin with the tropics.
And so it goes.
By the way mark your calendars to join me this Sunday as The Real Estate Lounge Chicago with @properties presents a gem of a home in Chicago’s Lakeview community – 726 W Addison will be open from noon-3. This gorgeous fully rehabbed residence walks straight out of a Pottery Barn catalogue and features a flowing, spacious layout along with a parking space.
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