The Impossible Year

Tag: southport corridor

  • Waiting for a Ride, 9 September 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   With everyone stuck at home lots of us are doing deep cleanings. Cycling around I discovered this rain-soaked stuffed bear, in a chair, waiting to be picked up as trash. There was something beautiful and sad about it at the same time.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Cafe Tola, 3 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Cafe Tola is a small coffee and empanda shop on Southport Avenue that has expanded over the years into a chain of stores all over Chicago. This one however, is near and dear to my heart. In light of everything going on they’ve boarded up…

  • Accumulation Polaroid SLR 680SE  / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Yesterday was the first significant accumulation of the year. Here’s my Prius sitting in the unplowed Chicago street.

  • Birthday Trivia Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Spent my 32nd birthday with a quiet group of friends playing trivia at Mystic Celt.

  • Heating Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Shot purely because I don’t think I ever have previously. One of my favorite things about this apartment is the quirky radiators on the ceiling thing. It’s sorta bizarre but I love it.

  • New Cooler Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Bought a cooler for going camping over the weekend!

  • Pizza Night Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Not much more to it, had some delicious pizza from Pizzaco’s Italian Eatery. NY style right around the corner from my place. Comes very close to the stuff I had growing up.