All in Street
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While waiting on the steps outside the Michigan Avenue entrance for Evelyn to finish her scone, I heard a terrific trumpeter who clearly knew his chops. I assumed he was a jazz cat, but when I went to put money in his bucket, he asked me if I would take his photograph. Happy to do it. So we tried a number of poses. Turns out he is a blues player with J.W. Williams & the Chi-Town Hustlers.
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I left the house today looking for shadows and light in the South Loop, but when the bus turned the corner from Michigan onto Wacker Drive, demonstrators were spilling from the sidewalk into the street as a police horse brigade held the line.
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On a sunny winter afternoon, there are some very nice reflections in the windows of the Art Institute of Chicago. This is not a photograph of the statue, but rather, a reflection projected onto filthy winter window glass. Not the most curvaceous butt, but it will do.
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One thing I learned long ago: Don't start watching the Super Bowl until very late in the day. This young man apparently agrees. He was at the Millennium Park skating rink early today taking a spin around the ice. Looks cold, but the temperature was probably 32F or thereabouts. And the sky was blue.
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Somewhere around 250,000 people gathered in Downtown Chicago today to take part in the Chicago Women's March, exceeding everyone's expectations. The crowd was peaceful and enthusiastic. The capacity crowd forced the organizers to cancel the "march" portion of the event. Participants were instructed to rally in place.
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I was interested in the fog, so I headed north, took the underpass to North Avenue Beach, and then headed south. From that vantage point, Chicago was socked in. A great day for two friends to take a walk, discussing whatever was on their minds.
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The Year 2016 is now resolved, with 2017 totally unresolved. Lots of New Year's resolutions remain unresolved.
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This gentlemen should have ordered a Venti Triple Shot Expresso when he visited the Starbucks on Lake Street under the El tracks in Chicago's Loop.
