a face in the ground advises see the open house at 2150 Damen today!
Every once in a while somebody somewhere about to nibble a cinnabun or something like it stops midbite when they see that the baked dough looks like someone famous. Mother Theresa comes to mind. Or a few years back under the Fullerton viaduct of the Kennedy Expressway a water marking bore resemblance to the Virgin [...]
An Hour of Showings at New Bucktown Condo Listings
Saturday. Just after noon on another action-packed day amid the fray of the Chicago real estate market. With the first of January arrived the spring market. And so far the spring market has been just that – springy! Things are active, showings are up, written contracts are many, and activity is expressly increased from what [...]
Next Time Bliss… At Least I Hope
Tony Two Hands. I think that’s what he said his name was. I entered the waiting room where I waited, awaiting the arrival of the person who would shepherd me to a blissful state of relaxation. And in came Tony Two Hands. “Tom,” said he. Fortunate as to the monosyllabic nature of my name, he [...]
a river runs through me . showing up to life
Checklists. Like it or not checklists begin each and every day. Alarm rings, hand extends, terminates the ring, commences the day. Checklists. Whether you head down the hall f or a home-brewed cup of joe or dash out the door for a out-of-home office, checklists continue. Some folks like to inscribe the list in ink [...]
atop the ladder atop the box atop the earth in chicago
I thought of an old friend yesterday as we zipped through Rogers Park for a mid-evening jaunt to Best Buy last night. Jerry Riggs, the kid who could (or thought he could) concoct anything from nothing. You may know the type. Don’t go down to his basement for fear that the hodge-podge of wires with [...]
