Tag: chicago

  • Lake View High Field

    Lake View High Field

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I remember at the beginning of lockdown last year the city closed all the parks and sports fields. Now the recently refurbished turf field and track at Lake View High School has reopened and I regularly see my neighbors masked up and playing on it with their kids during…

  • Fridge Clutter

    Fridge Clutter

    Fridge Clutter, 20 February 2021Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 The top of our fridge includes a collection of items we’ve acquired over the years that we want to display or access but don’t really have a plan for.

  • Chili

    Chili

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 We made a Blue Apron one-pot chili and I think it’s the first time I’ve ever used semi-sweet chocolate chips in a food that wasn’t cookies, brownies, or cake. It was delicious. Unfortunately, the photo wound up blown out.

  • Print on Fabric

    Print on Fabric

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I have begun taking remote textiles ‘print at home’ classes through Lillstreet Arts Studio.

  • A Trip to the Botanic Gardens

    A Trip to the Botanic Gardens

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 We met up with Dan, Hande, Jessi, and David for an excursion to the Chicago Botanic Gardens.

  • Sunny Days

    Sunny Days

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Feels like spring is slowly showing its head. As I walked into the living room I was struck by the light breaking through our windows silhouetting the whole room.

  • The Reading Pile

    The Reading Pile

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 There is a pile of books and comics by my bedside. It never shrinks.

  • Cuyler and the Brown Line

    Cuyler and the Brown Line

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Found out that Begyle Brewing was selling their 2020 Barrel Aged Imperial Pajamas beers in cans this year and swung over to do a curbside pickup. After parking, I turned around and took this shot. One of my favorite things about Chicago is seeing the elevated train tracks running…

  • Belmont

    Belmont

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Had to run some errands and it struck me that it had been a while since I’d been all the way down to Clark and Belmont. In the years I’ve lived in this city this area has changed a lot but it’s still managed to remain weird in a…

  • Trash

    Trash

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 At the corner of Montrose and Ashland is a slowly rusting out Chicago Reader newspaper box and a trash can. Because of the massive snow accumulation of recent weeks, the trashcan is overflowing with colorful dog poop bags. This struck me this morning as very gross but also oddly…