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so it turns out

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that when you walk 12 or 13 miles or so, and you’re really really not interested in doing anything else that involves being on your feet for a while, that’s a good time to go through and post some pictures.

Done and done!

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We started at Howard Street at 8:15 AM, and reached Cermak Road at 1:57 PM exactly—including a pause for lunch at North Avenue, from 11:20 AM until 12:15 PM. So that’s 12 miles in 4.75 hours. Not too shabby! We took tons of photos. My camera had 164 on it, and Sean and Steph both […]

my friend Sean had (what i think is) a brilliant idea—to walk the entire length of Clark Street, this upcoming Saturday. (it’s Clark Street that makes it brilliant, not the Saturday.) we’ll start out at Howard Street, the northern terminal of the CTA Red Line, 7600 North/1700 West, at 8:00 AM. from that point, we […]

woo

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well, as it turns out, the arcade fire show friday rocked so much i had to go back for seconds tonight. it was also pretty awesome tonight. slightly less instrument-destructiony, but more instrument-throwing-into-the-airy. hooray for craigslist!

yay, tradition!

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mmm. CTA chief warns of fare hikes, service cuts: must be summertime! “I can say that shortfall will cause us to raise fares. It will cause us to cut back significantly on service,” Huberman said. “There is no other way to get around $110 million.” … No frontline jobs like those held by bus drivers, […]