How did this come to be the name of a grooming parlor?
At least it felt that way. Janice and John are the first-cousin-once-removed-in-law and first-cousin-once-removed, respectively, of my friend Ned from New York. I basically got to be their surrogate child for the night, filling in for their son Doug, who is the same age as me. John fixed me a cocktail as soon as I arrived and prepared a delicious dinner, and Janice did my laundry, made me a big breakfast, and sent me off with about fourteen pounds of food for the road (I almost needed a sidecar to carry it all).
They're not always so big on pedestrian accommodations here.
The barrels are designed to absorb the impact of a car that's heading into the concrete wall. These barrels were empty, which is unusual. Read more!
I wonder if that means I'm getting close to some kind of jurisdictional boundary?
To Raul Rebeles, a construction worker who fell to his death from the Chicago Skyway. It's built on a column supporting the Skyway.
The visible part reads "Illinois-Indiana Stateline Monument". Which is weird, because this was a good distance from the state line.
I can't find specifically what this means in Chicago, but I assume it's something like this.
Also, is that Lance Armstrong's signature or a graffiti tag?
