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Trend Watch: Gladiators - Can Bucktown make Rusty Crowe proud?
Style and the Second City – Posted 1 year ago
Let's start this post off by establishing that gladiator-inspired sandals, or gladiandals if you will, are EXTREMELY difficult to pull off. Few people wear them with confidence and even fewer get the look right.
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Let's start this post off by establishing that gladiator-inspired sandals, or gladiandals if you will, are EXTREMELY difficult to pull off. Few people wear them with confidence and even fewer get the look right.
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If the cosmologist ain't drinking, it's no party
Getting Strange – Posted 1 year ago
So, I have a very simple job here at the Windy Citizen. Do crazy stuff, do it with crazy people and don't miss the damn zombie march.
I missed the damn zombie march. It was over the weekend.
But the way I even found out about it is my segue into this week's topic – astrophysics and cosmology.
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So, I have a very simple job here at the Windy Citizen. Do crazy stuff, do it with crazy people and don't miss the damn zombie march.
I missed the damn zombie march. It was over the weekend.
But the way I even found out about it is my segue into this week's topic – astrophysics and cosmology.
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Riot in Bucktown
Getting Strange – Posted 1 year ago
The snacks served were Chex Mix, gummy bears, PBR and cupcakes decorated with razor blades and brass knuckles of frosting.
"It's because I'm so tough," joked the organizer, whose neck was also decorated with a razor blade - tattoo, not frosting.
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The snacks served were Chex Mix, gummy bears, PBR and cupcakes decorated with razor blades and brass knuckles of frosting.
"It's because I'm so tough," joked the organizer, whose neck was also decorated with a razor blade - tattoo, not frosting.
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Sorting the hate mail
There Goes the Neighborhood – Posted 1 year ago
Since There Goes the Neighborhood began in January, it's been gratifying to hear from readers about some of the condos I've highlighted in posts. But it’s been decidedly ungratifying to discover some of those readers think I’m a reactionary philistine addicted to negativity. So herewith, responses to some recurring criticisms: I hate new buildings and want everything to stay the same.
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Since There Goes the Neighborhood began in January, it's been gratifying to hear from readers about some of the condos I've highlighted in posts. But it’s been decidedly ungratifying to discover some of those readers think I’m a reactionary philistine addicted to negativity. So herewith, responses to some recurring criticisms: I hate new buildings and want everything to stay the same.
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Think outside the hood…
150 Fridays – Posted 1 year ago
So I was walking in Bucktown the other afternoon and I swear I saw Moby…..47 times. But then I realized the implausibility of that and remembered no…I was just in Bucktown.
On that same note, I went to dinner in the Gold Coast and had full-fledged conversations with David Hasselhoff…nine different times. It would have been 10, had the Hasselhoff look-alike’s girlfriend not angrily intervened. Then again, it’s hard to convey anger when your forehead doesn’t move…
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So I was walking in Bucktown the other afternoon and I swear I saw Moby…..47 times. But then I realized the implausibility of that and remembered no…I was just in Bucktown.
On that same note, I went to dinner in the Gold Coast and had full-fledged conversations with David Hasselhoff…nine different times. It would have been 10, had the Hasselhoff look-alike’s girlfriend not angrily intervened. Then again, it’s hard to convey anger when your forehead doesn’t move…
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