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CITY LIFE, PART TWENTY-NINE:
The other night I went out with a guy friend who wanted me to show him some of my pick-up skills. So, we went to a trendy bar in Lincoln Park. No sooner had we walked in, when the DJ asked, over the l… more →
Greg Silva
CITY LIFE, PART TWENTY-NINE:
wrote 1 year ago: The other night I went out with a guy friend who wanted me to show him some of my pick-up skills. So … more →
CITY LIFE, PART TWENTY-EIGHT:
wrote 1 year ago: "Eddie, we love you!" On Wednesday afternoons, I volunteer my time answering the phone for … more →
CITY LIFE, PART TWENTY-SEVEN:
wrote 1 year ago: Essanay Studios Last summer I moved to Chicago’s quiet Andersonville neighborhood, in part to … more →
CITY LIFE, PART TWENTY-SIX:
wrote 1 year ago: A Darwin Award nominee From my experience as a walker in the city, I can say with certainty that, ev … more →
CITY LIFE, PART TWENTY-FIVE:
wrote 1 year ago: Warner Brothers' Mac and Tosh: "After you!" "No, I insist; after YOU!" … more →
CITY LIFE, PART TWENTY-FOUR:
wrote 2 years ago: Chicago drivers often mistake their car horns for laser guns. They think if they blast them hard eno … more →
CITY LIFE, PART TWENTY-THREE:
wrote 2 years ago: EVERYBODY OUTTA MY WAY! On every road in the world, except those in England and a few other backward … more →
CITY LIFE, PART TWENTY-TWO:
wrote 2 years ago: After years of living in big cities, riding public transportation every day, working in crowded bars … more →
CITY LIFE, PART TWENTY-ONE (Mother's Day):
wrote 2 years ago: Train filled with Cubs fans. Girl sitting; guy standing, rubbing his bulge on her shoulder. Somehow, … more →
CITY LIFE, PART TWENTY:
wrote 2 years ago: Hey Cubs fans, this is my Red Line train! I ride it every day all year long; not just during basebal … more →
CITY LIFE, PART NINETEEN:
wrote 2 years ago: “Jesus drew the attention of his disciples to the sparrows. ‘Are not two sparrows sold f … more →
CITY LIFE, PART EIGHTEEN (or, Pat Me On the Back!):
wrote 2 years ago: Click photo for more on CTA mess Every time a CTA train stops, the people waiting to board crowd the … more →
CITY LIFE, PART SEVENTEEN (or, The Key of Me):
wrote 2 years ago: Click on photo to see video of Mahalia Jackson on The Ed Sullivan Show Mahalia Jackson is alive and … more →
PUBLIC SEX (or, City Life, Part Sixteen):
wrote 2 years ago: Clearly I had walked up on something private. And yet it was happening at a park at State and Jackso … more →
CITY LIFE, PART FIFTEEN:
wrote 2 years ago: No lottery ticket for you! Five times a week, on my way to work, I stop at a Pakistani-owned conveni … more →
THE INVISIBLE SEGREGATIONIST (or, City Life, Part Thirteen):
wrote 2 years ago: I take the CTA Red Line south to work several times a week. When the train pulls up to my stop, the … more →
CITY LIFE, PART TWELVE:
wrote 2 years ago: Earlier today, a few blocks from my home in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago, I heard a sin … more →
CITY LIFE, PART ELEVEN:
wrote 2 years ago: In the lot where I park cars on Friday nights (behind a Walgreens on Clark, south of Fullerton), som … more →
CITY LIFE, PART TEN:
wrote 2 years ago: "Broken", by artist Willie McNeal On every L train in Chicago there is a middle-aged, brok … more →
