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7-Eleven Clark and Southport, 5 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 The intersection of Clark and Southport is prime real estate on two busy streets, with a bus stop right next to it, and immediately adjacent to an affluent residential neighborhood. A prime location for a convenience store. Well, over the last few years 7-Eleven…
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Tomato Plant, 4 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 We’ve been growing a ‘war garden’ of sorts on out balcony since this all began and the real star has been our tomato plant which has taken off massively.
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Firecakes, 3 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Beth Ann’s favorite donuts come from Firecakes and they are one of our favorite local businesses. She placed an order for pick up and I biked down to Lincoln Park to get them.
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Leslie and the Wheel, 2 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 We are renting a pottery wheel from Lillstreet so that Beth Ann can do pottery work even though Lillstreet does not have open studio hours. As such, we’ve converted out garage to be a workspace, and Leslie came over the other night and…
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W Byron St, 1 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Cycling around I was stuck to find that much of W Byron St. had its trees wrapped in pride colors.
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Drawing Table, 29 July 2020Polaroid OneStep 600 / Impossible Color 600 (Expired) I’ve gotten our office cleaned up enough that we can start to use the drawing table in it. Only hurdle remaining is finding a place for the paintings my wife has had sitting on it for the last two years. Man, none…
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Night Tennis, 28 July 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 On my evening ride I encountered people playing tennis in Horner Park. There was something really beautiful about watching just shapes in the dark under a bright glare.
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Schubas, 27 July 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Arguably one of the best small venues on the north side Schubas is an old Schlitz tied house and pub. It’s a historic piece of Chicago that, like many other venues, is in danger right now during the pandemic. It’s owners have banded together with others…
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Repurposing, 26 July 2020Polaroid OneStep 600 / Impossible Color 600 (Expired) I recently learned that Canon has made a plugin to use your DSLR camera as a web camera. Turns out I have an 80D that I bought for our Africa trip in 2013 that was otherwise just collecting dust, so It’s now been…