There are not enough words to describe my mad love for this Chicago band. And, her voice! A pure instrument. Wait for it, wait for the last ten seconds or so….
Chicagoania
Chicago River View… and Aqua
Added Aqua in response to a comment on the Trump Tower. Obviously I took that photo in the summer because we haven’t had a nice sunny day like that for a while.
Annual CTA Proposed Reductions
I knew it must be time for the annual “dance” regarding the Chicago Transit Authority budgets when I saw this sign up on a bus stop near the Merchandise Mart. The sign detailed the threatened cuts to bus routes if 1) the CTA doesn’t get more money 2) the unions don’t give back their recently negotiated pay raises.
This is no way to run a state. This article in the Chicago Tribune describes the annual ritual:
The CTA made an offer today that its labor unions could refuse, and they quickly did: Give back a 3.5 percent pay raise this year in return for reducing employee layoffs and major cuts in bus and rail service that are set to begin Feb. 7.
Holiday Shopping in Chicago
I recently braved the crowds which were surprisingly large for a recession on Saturday and went shopping for Christmas gifts. A few photos from my travels in downtown Chicago.
Upper left – an Agent Provocateur bag left in the trash. Someone probably purchased something for their girl and then realized that bringing the bag home is a dead giveaway. Or this is really saying “here is a gift which ostensibly is for you but is actually for me.”