Chicago Water Tower
Chicago, Illinois — The Chicago Water Tower on Michigan Avenue — the only public building in the burned zone of the Great Chicago Fire to survive that catastrophe. Filed under:buildings Chicago history [includeme...
Cows on Parade, Chicago: Hanukow at Water Tower
Chicago, Illinois — "Hanukow," a Department of Cultural Affairs entry in the 1999 "Chicago's Cows on Parade" art exhibit — the first U.S. iteration of the CowParade concept, which has since been imitated by tourism bureaus...
Founder of Chicago: Point du Sable’s front yard
Chicago, Illinois — View from approximately the location where Jean Baptiste Point du Sable — "The Founder of Chicago" — built the city's first permanent nonindigenous settlement sometime in the 1780s. Filed under:buildings...
The Wrigley Building, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois — The Wrigley Building, seen from Michigan Avenue and showing the 14th-floor walkway that connects the south tower (at left) with the north tower. Filed under:buildings Chicago [includeme...
London Guarantee Building (Stone Container Building)
Chicago, Illinois — What I have always called the Stone Container Building (also known as the London Guarantee Building), seen from the Michigan Avenue Bridge. The fourth and fifth floors of the building were the home of WLS...
N Michigan Avenue from Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois — North Michigan Avenue, viewed from Wacker Drive. The Wrigley Building is at left, John Hancock Center in the distance at center, and Tribune Tower at right. Filed under:buildings Chicago [includeme...
Chicago Sun-Times Building, Wabash Avenue Bridge
Chicago, Illinois — The Chicago Sun-Times Building with the Wabash Avenue Bridge crossing the Chicago River in front of it, and the River Plaza building behind it. Filed under:buildings Chicago [includeme...
Colored glass bottles
Chicago, Illinois — Colored glass bottles with stoppers for sale at Christkindlmarket Chicago. Filed under:
Christmas sauerkraut, pork, and noodles
Chicago, Illinois — Vendor with sauerkraut, pork, and noodles for sale at Christkindlmarket Chicago. Filed under:Chicago Christmas food [includeme...
Green Bay Packers matryoshka (Russian nesting dolls)
Chicago, Illinois — Matryoshka dolls (a.k.a. Russian nesting dolls or babushka dolls) for sale at Christkindlmarket Chicago include Green Bay Packers dolls, Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Charlie Chaplin dolls. Filed...
Chicago Christmas tree, 1999
Chicago, Illinois — Daley Plaza, with the official city Christmas tree and Chicago City Hall behind it. Filed under:Chicago Christmas [includeme...
One South Wacker and Sears Tower, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois — The north faces of the One South Wacker building and Sears Tower. Filed under:architecture Chicago
Chicago: Metra rail commuters bustle
Chicago, Illinois — A man holding a child stands aside from the Metra commuter train passengers hurrying past them on both sides at the Ogilvie Transportation Center. Filed under:Chicago transit [includeme...
Winter rain on Kenosha harbor
Kenosha, Wisconsin — The small boat harbor through December raindrops on our windowpane. Filed under:Kenosha
Kenosha apartment kitchen table
Kenosha, Wisconsin — The kitchen of our apartment in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Filed under:home kitchen
TV viewer
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Ian on my mom's couch, watching television. Filed under:TV
November fog, 7th Avenue, Kenosha
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Fog shrouds park benches in the 4800 block of 7th Avenue at night. Filed under:Kenosha
Amy sleeping
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Amy, sleeping in on a Saturday morning. Filed under:sleep women
Not dark yet
Kenosha, Wisconsin — It's not dark yet, but it's getting there Filed under:Kenosha
Orange traffic sign: Men working it
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Modified road construction sign spotted on Birch Road. Filed under:Kenosha signs
I hate plumbing
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Fixing a leak under the kitchen sink at our apartment. Filed under:
Workbench in Jim’s garage, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Jim at the workbench in his garage during a late-evening astronomy session. Filed under:Kenosha
Pair of peppers
Kenosha, Wisconsin — A pair of peppers (unpickled). Filed under:food
Marianne
Burlington, Wisconsin --A swirl of activity surrounds Marianne at Karen's kitchen table. Filed under: Kenosha,...
Wisconsin farmhouse at sunset
Burlington, Wisconsin — The last rays of sunset illuminate a farmhouse at Elderbrook Farm. Filed under:farming Wisconsin
Karen’s garden at sunset
Burlington, Wisconsin — Last rays of sunset light the trees beyond Karen's garden at Elderbrook Farm. Filed under:Wisconsin
Another year ending at Silver Lake Park
Salem, Wisconsin — The year's last autumn leaves cling to trees at Silver Lake Park. Filed under:Wisconsin
Quarterback Mark
Salem, Wisconsin — Throwing the football around at Silver Lake Park. Filed under:football
Dibble girls monkey pile
Salem, Wisconsin — A monkey pile of Dibble girls at Silver Lake Park picnic. Clockwise from left: Karen, Rachel, Laurie, Donna, Amy, Marianne. Filed under:women [includeme...
Laurie and Amy at Silver Lake picnic
Salem, Wisconsin — Amy hugs Laurie at a chilly picnic in Silver Lake Park. Filed under: