This is Red Eyes Coffee in North Center and it is our neighbourhood coffee shop. We only live about a two minute walk from here and we go very often. We go so often we feel like it is our second living room.
It has very reasonable prices and is not fussy or pretentous. A cozy place that is perfect on a sunny and a rainy day.
An old photo from last year. This is 300 S. Wacker Drive in the Loop. It was a pretty nondescript building up until about 2014 when they decided to put a striking mural map of the Chicago River.
Alley entrance to Rockwell on the River in Avondale. We were wandering by yesterday and went down the alley while waiting for a car. It is a large event complex with a coffee roaster, a brewery, a distillery, and event spaces. It reminded us of a large souk in the Persian Gulf. I liked it because it is a creative example of the reuse of former industrial spaces in many cities worldwide.
Also on my walk on Monday night. Looked down and saw this. This was a federal program that was disolved in 1989 after the Savings and Loan scandal on turn 1980s. I was struck by the juxtaposition of the perminence of the stone and brass sign in the concrete and the fleeting nature of politics more generally.
Was on my way home on Monday and decided to stop in the Loop to go to a stationary shop. As I was exiting the Monroe Blue Line, I saw a sign with an arrow that said "Chicago Chagall." I went upstairs and found this beautiful Chagall in front of the Chase building. One of the special things about Chicago is the presence of a lot of public art from very famous artists.
Mural in Andersonville, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Andersonville is a cozy neighbourhood on Chicago's North Side. It is traditionally Chicago's Swedish neighbourhood though it is now a slightly more older hipster one now.
"When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.” So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph and the child lying in the manger."
Luke 2:15-16
Taken last night at Saint James Cathedral's Christmas Service at River North, Chicago.
I was walking from the grocery store yesterday in North Center and saw this perched carefully on the wall of a building through an alley above a discarded couch. Reminders of samsara enlightenment in the most unexpected of places.
Last Saturday we were in West Loop late at night. As we went a friend's car, I looked up and saw this sight. It is one of those times I wish I had a really good night camera.
For those who might not know, the lower flag is the great flag of Chicago. It is one of THE most iconic symbols of the city. You can find it everywhere.
On my very (very) cold commute to work this morning. This is outside Ducle de Leche Cafecito, a really cute tiny cafe just about 5 minutes from my apartment. It has handmade bagels and one of the best lattes I have had. It was also the first place I had Cafe de Olla.
At the Osaka Japanese Garden in Jackson Park, Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois. @dohappybelove is drawing and painting. This is one of our most favourite spots in Chicago. Definately have a lot of photos of this place in the archives somewhere.
