The Impossible Year

Tag: lakeview

  • Lakefront Totem Pole, 27 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Now that the lakefront is reopened I can stop and rest at one of my favorite happy places in the city again.

  • Austin at Beermiscuous, 26 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 This is my friend Austin. He is one of the owner/operators of Beermiscuous in Lakeview. In March Beermiscuous became and employee owned co-op. To celebrate, in June they released a sixth anniversary beer in collaboration with Bold Dog Brewing and I got to design…

  • Deuce’s, 5 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 While huge parts of the country have erupted in protest, people in Wrigleyville are acting like everything is normal and there is no pandemic.

  • Cafe Tola, 3 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Cafe Tola is a small coffee and empanda shop on Southport Avenue that has expanded over the years into a chain of stores all over Chicago. This one however, is near and dear to my heart. In light of everything going on they’ve boarded up…

  • Andie’s Restaurant?, 2 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 A few year back Andie’s Restaurant on Montrose closed ‘for remodels’ and never reopened. This week they put up boards to protect it from looters.

  • Gman Tavern – Rory, 16 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Color i-Type Film On Saturday the Gman Tavern was running $20 BOYG growler fills and I stopped by to support both my favorite local bar, and my friends who work there. Rory was working the door and it was great to see (half of) her face and…

  • A Virtual Gameday, 15 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Color i-Type Film On Friday, despite their being no baseball for the foreseeable future. The Cubs brought in someone to play the organ at Wrigley Field. I spent upwards of 20 minutes just riding my bike in circles around the park enjoying the moment, and appreciating the smiling…

  • Raphael & Chicago Comics, 7 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2 / Color i-Type Film This is my friend Raphael, who happens to be the manager of Chicago Comics. Chicago Comics has been particularly hard hit by the pandemic due to forced closures and the fact that Marvel and DC have *MOSTLY* frozen their release schedule for…

  • Mo and Cal, 21 April 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE / Impossible Color 600 (Expired) Our friend Mo is an amazingly talented baker of sweets. She’s recently started dabbling, like many others, with bread. She made too much sourdough starter so she swung by our back alley while on a dog walk to give us some…

  • Bike at Lakeview Station Post Office, 20 April 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE / Impossible Color 600 (Expired) I’ve been making regular trips to my local post office to order stamps and mail orders from my design shop.