Tag archive for ‘Chicago’
Chicago’s First BIG Snow of 2010
OK, so here we go. This being my third winter of taking pictures outside on either cold or snowy days. I present to you my WORST photos ever. I’ve got a great idiot-proof camera but I defeated it today! And took this horrible collection. I don’t know what the hell I did to the settings, [...] Read more »
Gutters, Drains and Leaf Cleaning for Drainage to Downpouts
Splat-splat-splat, splat-splat-splat, splat-splat-splat. That’s the sound that let me know I was NOT getting good drainage from my gutters to my downspouts. To say I was surprised is an understatement. On this blog I’ve gone through at least two separate SERIES about issues with getting the water from my roof to the city sewer. The [...] Read more »
Chicago Snow April 2009
Well, this isn’t much of blog post, but in keeping with my habit of recording surprising weather in the city I bring you this latest photo. Tonight I went to take the garbage out wearing sweats and house shoes. So guess who was surprised to find himself severely underdressed? About a week or 2 back [...] Read more »
23 Below Zero in Chicago Today but at Least the Obama Spider-Man Comic Book Arrived
So this week in Chicago, today in particular, it’s been cold as a hell. Since last night it’s been getting colder hour by hour and right now at mid-day its nearly 25 below (with the wind-chill, as they say, but whose counting…). At any rate this really isn’t a weather blog so I won’t linger, [...] Read more »
Must be Pledge Time Geoffrey Baer is Back on WTTW with Chicago’s Lakefront
Waaaaay back in March I did this 2 part piece called PBS Television at WTTW Features the Great Hidden Chicago. It was about one of me watching Geoffrey Baer’s program Hidden Chicago. (I also did a piece called Change Your Brain and Change Your Life on PBS and I think they’re running that tonight too). [...] Read more »
