The Impossible Year

Tag: ravenswood chicago

  • Budacki’s

    Budacki’s

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 While out running errands we found ourselves craving cheese fries so a stop was required.

  • Corinne, Morgan, and Avery

    Corinne, Morgan, and Avery

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Corinne, Morgan, and their two daughters Avery and Margot were passing through from Grand Rapids and swung by to say hello and trade regional beers. Morgan and I, for a few years now, have a shared Apple note where we keep a running ledger of beers we pick up…

  • Cuyler and the Brown Line

    Cuyler and the Brown Line

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Found out that Begyle Brewing was selling their 2020 Barrel Aged Imperial Pajamas beers in cans this year and swung over to do a curbside pickup. After parking, I turned around and took this shot. One of my favorite things about Chicago is seeing the elevated train tracks running…

  • Trash

    Trash

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 At the corner of Montrose and Ashland is a slowly rusting out Chicago Reader newspaper box and a trash can. Because of the massive snow accumulation of recent weeks, the trashcan is overflowing with colorful dog poop bags. This struck me this morning as very gross but also oddly…

  • State of the Alley

    State of the Alley

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 It feels like the snow accumulation is never-ending and that it’ll never fully melt. 

  • Montrose

    Montrose

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I know I’ve taken several shows of this particular area, but I had to run over to Lillstreet to pick something up and thought the snowy appearance looked remarkably pretty.

  • Plow Pile

    Plow Pile

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I just thought this was an interesting contrast as we had a clear blue sky and a massive pile of snow at the end of our easement.

  • Work Station, 19 January 2021Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Got our sewing machine cleaned off and now the table serves as a functional table for packing, shipping, cutting, or sewing.

  • Pizza from Jimmy’s, 16 January 2021Polaroid OneStep 2/Polaroid Color i-Type Film Stopped off at Jimmy’s Pizza Cafe in Lincoln Square briefly to pick up dinner.

  • Ravenswood South, 5 January 2021Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Walking back from getting coffee I thought the scene of the construction trucks, and gray sky with the Deegan building in the back just looked nice.