[The city skyline from Damen Avenue on the south side]
This past weekend was filled with drinks on the roof, a trip to the beach, a movie in the park followed by frozen yogurt, breakfast with my mom at a new diner, followed by a much needed pedicure, with lots of stops in between. Cheers to a short week with a trip to D.C. on Friday!
[Snoozy Chick on the way back from the suburbs]
[Painted building along North Avenue]
[Cozy Corner Diner in Logan Square]
[all photos via josh]
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I’m happy to have a day off in the middle of the week and am looking forward to spending the day in the sun. Unfortunately our day had been planned around riding our bikes, complete with a new basket that Chicklet had just gotten used to riding around in. But this morning when we woke up, we discovered that our bikes had been stolen. Even though our bikes were locked up, the lock had been cut and discarded to the side. A hard lesson to learn: even if you lock it up, bikes belong inside. Funnily enough, I feel more upset about losing the basket because it was bought specifically for the purposes of taking Chicklet along on rides; in a way it was her basket and who steals something from a dog? Ah well, Happy Fourth of July!
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This past weekend the temperatures were sweltering and Chicklet somehow managed to eat an entire muffin wrapper (she’s doing fine!), but it was filled with fun too. Josh and I finally managed to check out Holstein Park (for its 100-year celebration) and discovered a fantastic free pool. On Sunday we enjoyed the weather, complete with a 20-mile bike ride with my dad; good thing I pooped out near the end – it was so hard to wake up this morning:)
[can’t wait to try this pool out! it’s just a short bike ride away from the apartment.]
[there were more food trucks in one place than i’ve ever seen, all celebrating the 100-year celebration.]
[we made it back from our bike ride juuust in time!]
[and somehow it was back to this later in the evening.]
[bottom two photos courtesy of josh]
These 21 photos that will restore your faith in humanity have been circulating the web for the past few days, but I only just got around to looking at them yesterday. I was especially touched by the photos of a woman whose dog was swept into the bay in Australia. A complete stranger who saw the scene unfold jumped right in to save the pup. What a moment.
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I’m not into baseball so much (as seen here), but it’s no secret that I love a good vintage photo so as I was waiting for two pesky Cubs tickets to arrive in the mail, I came across these old school photos of Comiskey Park (U.S. Cellular Field). My favorite is the one above with Al Capone.
[photos via redeye chicago]
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