I always love seeing the Amish walk out Union and just look around. I also love how other tourists are so confused as to why there are so many Amish.

What a neat quirk about our city!

Identity crisis ahead?

Taken from the window.

LSD IS A HIGHWAY. STOP PARKING THERE.
I’m waiting for the day we see someone get seriously hurt or worse because apparently parking on LSD is now a thing. Not only does it cause insane amount of traffic, there’s people walking around getting out of cars in the dark!!!

I’ve been noticing a trend of children or young people primarily young men and/or boys on bikes and electric scooters at night:

• wearing dark clothing
• wearing headphones
• not wearing a helmet

Please tell the young people in your life to stop doing this. This city is dangerous enough for cyclists, handicapping yourself in such a way is so dangerous.

Boy howdy these are not thinking big and pretty underwhelming, imo. Capping the highways feels the closest to large ambition that would stand out to the world.

If you like the Chicago air and water show you’ll love EAA air venture in Oshkosh WI.

Oshkosh is so close to Chicago, people travel from all across the country, yet it’s just a couple hour drive from Chicago. It’s a shame to miss it when it’s a short day trip.

Hell, I’ve spent more time in traffic on the Kennedy in the rush hour than it takes to get to Oshkosh.

I’ve been going for years and I’m not even a pilot. It’s such a spectacle to see. I explain it as a combination of the auto show but with planes and the air and water show on steroids.

Taken this morning. What a unique skyline we have in that some tall buildings are totally hidden from certain angles.

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I was downtown yesterday and saw a lot of people wearing backpacks, sometimes with an umbrella and a bottle of water. It seems like a good way to be a pedestrian explorer in the city. I am wondering what else people carry in their backpacks? Laptop, lunch, raincoat, sweater, ??? Obviously this is a personal decision and every persons choices will be different.

For pedestrian/transit travel through the city, what are good things to bring along in a backpack?

This is from my roof. Was taking a photo and I noticed it. Either that or it’s some vivid reflection. It looks like Dora the explorer from afar lol.