The Impossible Year

Tag: coronapocalypse

  • Deuce’s, 5 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 While huge parts of the country have erupted in protest, people in Wrigleyville are acting like everything is normal and there is no pandemic.

  • Marla, 24 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Color i-Type Film You can’t really tell because she is still quite scruffy, but this little monster got groomed by me. We’ve been seeing temperatures in the low 80s and high 70s so it was time to help her cool off.  Instead of making the common mistake I’ve seen on…

  • Homemade Curry, 23 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Color i-Type Film I threw together a bunch of leftovers and wipped up a surprisingly good curry dish from simple web searches and what I’ve learned from doing Blue Apron for a number of years. It turned out really great and I am really not sure how.

  • ‘The Sounds of the Friendly Confines’, 22 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Color i-Type Film For the second time, in as many weeks they played the organ at Wrigley Field. It  created an atmosphere of normality during these deeply strange times. I met up with my friend Tomlinson and we biked around Wrigley in circles just taking…

  • Costco, 21 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Color i-Type Film While I prefer to support local small business wherever I can, there is a need for big box stores for us to buy provisions in bulk, especially while our income is tight. I’ve been extremely grateful how well the Costco on Clybourn Avenue is run. They space…

  • Buzzy, 20 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Color i-Type Film Our friends Buzzy and CJ recently had a baby and bought a condo and now they’re faced with the problem of moving during this mess. To help we saved all of our Blue Apron, Imperfect Foods and other large boxes and got one of our fellow buildingmates…

  • Lou Malnati’s, 19 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Color i-Type Film Biked around on Tuesday and tried to take a photo of the Lou Malnati’s sign on Lincoln Avenue. Unfortunately I also caught the sign which ruined the shot.

  • Homemade Pub Meal, 18 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Color i-Type Film We made some burgers and chips from Blue Apron and I poured myself a glass from the growler I had filled at GMan on Saturday.

  • Selfie with Dog, 17 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Color i-Type Film Sunday was basically a full day of rain. So we spent the day inside. Here is Beth Ann taking a photo of herself with Marla, our dog.

  • Gman Tavern – Rory, 16 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Color i-Type Film On Saturday the Gman Tavern was running $20 BOYG growler fills and I stopped by to support both my favorite local bar, and my friends who work there. Rory was working the door and it was great to see (half of) her face and…