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Election Day
Fingers Crossed
Today was the primary election in Illinois, so I made my way over to Marie’s Golden Cue to vote. I tried not to be distracted by the “smooth shafts and clean balls” advertised at the pool hall as I considered the ballot. I’m tickled to death to vote in a pool hall, but I don’t understand why they moved it from the perfectly respectable firehouse over on Kedzie. Seems strange … Read entire article »
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Chicago Cupcake Crawl – released into the wild!
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The danger of browsing networks
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What’s wrong with “the people you may know?”
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A word or two about camping…
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Thank you to everyone who voted!
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Snow Scuplture Festival
The city of Chicago sponsors some unexpected, cool events from time to time. I was fortunate enough to stumble upon this outdoor exhibit while searching for a photo safari. Ten foot blocks of packed snow were being sculpted by teams into shapes ranging from Oscar the Grouch to snOprah to a graceful Asian portrait and the delicate wings … Read entire article »
Photography Portfolio
I’ve been threatening to do it for a long time, but I finally got around to creating a portfolio of my photography. It was a long process of sifting through five years of photographs to find what represented the best of my work. The most enjoyable part for me was developing a methodology, noting my selection criteria and … Read entire article »
Misused photography: turning an indiscretion into an opportunity?
On New Year’s Day I had a rival food review site use one of my photos without attribution. My first reaction was to fire off an angry email about not reading the Creative Commons license that accompanies the photo, not to mention the bad manners of swiping images from a competing site. I wrote the email and sat … Read entire article »
Some news doesn’t fit the medium
I got a text message over the holidays from my brother that I am going to be an aunt. To say the news came out of the blue is to state the obvious, but I was really floored that it came via SMS. Seriously? Have we become such an insta-contact, constantly connected society that this is now … Read entire article »
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