South of 95th Street and east of the Calumet River, Chicago streets start to have letters rather than names or numbers. It’s far far away from anything promoted in tourism glamor shots of the city but it really should be known. It’s one of the many forgotten pockets of town waiting to be rediscovered. PeriodicallyContinue reading “East Side of Chicago”
Monthly Archives: March 2023
It’s the End of the World, My Love
There’s a new layer to people’s reaction when they find out where I’m from. I’ve been in this country a long time and pass for native more often than not. But when someone new hears the foreign name the more forward ones will ask how I got it and I tell them. They’re always surprised.Continue reading “It’s the End of the World, My Love”
Mr. Beef
Mr. Beef is dead. In the obit his son says his father was grateful to the dumb TV show that made the Chicago delicacy he served for forty-five years out of a humble building near the mouth of a highway known to people all over the country. Business was way up since that show hitContinue reading “Mr. Beef”