Monthly Archives: October 2024

The new layout of my bookshelf stars Buratino. It’s completely transformed since I began selling off much of my library. There are few enough that I can face the ones with the best covers. The bookshelf paintings have always had a stage-like aspect to them. The strong horizontals of the wooden (or particle board) slatsContinue reading “Gold Key”

I look up bike routes to Lombard, Illinois. It’s 23 miles. Doable. But the wind is whipping around pretty good and I have to carry a framed poster so I opt for Metra. Commuter rail trips around Chicago always remind me of when I lived in Beverly a decade ago. It’s not necessarily a thingContinue reading “Not on Metra”

I’ve had lots of coffeeshops in my life but Wormhole’s a little different. The main thing is I’ve never been a regular. The shop opened in 2010, six years after I’d left Wicker Park. But when I came back to the neighborhood I’d come in for a pour-over. I was living in Heart of Chicago,Continue reading “Wormhole”