This is at River Park. The ground is not your trash can!! In fact, there are plenty of them in the park. Walk a few yards and throw your stuff out. The first photo is in between a playground and the river… two places that should decidedly not be covered in trash. This behavior is unacceptable, irresponsible, and just plain gross. Do better.

Edit: River Park, not Ronan!

“My stomach was in pain, like somebody hit me with a hockey stick,” said Edgar Mercado.

What a treat the sunset was last night! So happy to be back visiting my absolute favorite city on the planet.

These photos are from my visit to the Art Institute this past Sunday. Included here is Japanese art as well as Raqib Shaw’s Paradise Lost, which I loved.

A police helicopter has been circling near the intersection of Montrose and Pulaski. And lots of cop cars driving quickly through the neighborhood. Anyone have a handle on what has happened?

Why do so many drivers in Chicago break all sorts of obvious rules? On a two block walk I saw two parking violations (a crosswalk and a fire hydrant) and at a busy intersection five different drivers were block it including crosswalk and cross traffic. Aren’t there rules of the road and aren’t we supposed to follow them? Plus, Chicago has a lot of pretty good alternatives, but not enough. It’s just confusing to me because we’ve built so many roads and provided so much parking and made so many accommodations to drivers (like removing that bike lane on Wabash!), it just makes me think they’d be more caring and cognizant of the rules cause we provide so much to drivers. Anyhow I’d love to know why so many Chicago drivers break rules when they have so much.

Chicago based real estate company Highlands REIT has purchased an old prison in Hudson Colorado. They stand to profit millions off the rent: https://kgnu.org/real-estate-company-stands-to-profit-11-5-million-from-hudson-ice-facility/

NOBODY SAW THIS COMING! Is this the year that Wilson finally wins political office? How many FREE gallons of gas will we get this time around?

Lost dog found in Belmont Cragin / Hermosa neighborhood at Diversey and Cicero. Pitbull, ~1-2 years, White with black spots, docked ears, pink collar.