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"And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?" -- RC
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Yet Another Post about Moving
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Go To School
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Asphalt Elves Strike Again!
Guns
Go out and play!
Home Schooling?
That better be one amazing drink
Condo 1, House 0
House Hunting
Now I'M "that neighbor"
Back Again
Sorry for the last seven years?
Come On In!
One More for MP
Here to Stay (not really)
Requirements
North vs. South
Whistle While You Job Hunt
Baby and I drool together
Unfair Housing Rant
Three flights keep me skinny
Getting to the Hospital
Chicago Public Schools
YoChicago Post About Local High School
Being a Nosy Neighbor
Vrooom
Generous, but not classy
Tackling Gentrification Again
Getting Poetic
To be fair, I do tan very easily
History & Food, Part II
History & Food, Part I
I'm not the only gentrifier around here
Knocking on the golden boy
Banging Head Against Wall
Let It Snow
The sound of silence
Ward Politics
Just a Picture, or a Political Dodge?
Be nice to 10-year-olds
Resolution #1: Success with the Treasure Hunt
Make the Change: Pave the Alley
Cash, not Color
Our first mistake was actually watching the...
Just not cute enough
Starving? At least you're thin!
No emergency here
Affirmative Action
Another rant about poverty
Another reason to save for a house
The Great Woodchip Adventure
Red Star in Morning, Investor's Warning?
My Stony Adventure
For My Neighbors
New Meaning to "Crime Stopper"
The Rims that Rotate Slower than the Wheel are...
Are we living in the same city?
New YoChicago Post
Being White
We live here, but we can't play here
I am a POWERFUL complainer
Not exactly singing
I swear, I don't work for Macy's
Maybe it won't rain again for...five years?
Business as usual in Chicago
What's that (thump, thump, thump)? I can't...
Grammar question for you
More thoughts on safety
Being poor, being safe
A picket fence would be nice, too
The Curvy South Side
Friendly, or a push-over?
Please let them be non-supportive walls
Children with Guns
So Ghetto
There was noise! And flames! And exclamation...
Look at all the white people
Neither CIA agent nor lawyer
Trying to make sense of it all
Please live here and pay the dues on time
This neighborhood is changing me
Soggy Fireworks
No more biking until I lose 5 pounds
Not Sexy
Mourning Antoinette Means
What a difference a year makes
Haven’t Been Back Since
After this, I'm going to eat bon-bons
Pray for weather in the 70's
Peddling Optimism
Weekly YoChicago Post
At least the wine was good
Yeah, it's the UN that's subverting America,...
Weekly YoChicago Post
Home Depot Melting Pot
20,000 Bikers
It's like I'm famous!
The Cottonwood are coming! The Cottonwood are...
That sound you hear is my knees breaking
Live-In Owner Wanted
Why's the white girl waving at me?
A rehab on every block
I'm just fine, darlin'
90 pounds of affection
Should the windows be rattling THAT much?