Chicago is my kind of town — Pictures of lakefront and nightfall

[prolesunited]

It's been unseasonably warm in Chicago lately (Tomorrow they're predicting the 80s???) so wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to ride my bike before it gets too cold. Thought I would share some of the beauty of the day as it turned to night.

[JohnKleeb]

1. Youre a good photographer proles

Nice shots.

[prolesunited]

12. Thanks!

Can't wait to take pics in D.C.!

[JohnKleeb]

21. yeah

Its gonna be a good time. I saw your photos after coming after a long day and I thought about a good friend of mine who once posted at DU who lives in Chicago as well. Too bad she left but we keep in touch. It really is a hell of a city, in fact I may apply for a college there, although right now crazy as it may seem I may want to study overseas.

[flamingyouth]

2. Beautiful - they look like postcards!

Nice photos, great city.

[Don_G]

3. It Was Beautiful

I was in Downtown Chicago today. The only things I don't like about the city are the traffic and the parking so far.

[prolesunited]

6. That's why you should

be on a bike! ;-)

Those are my two least favorite things as well.

[Don_G]

7. Tough Haul

From Louisville, KY to Chicago, IL on a bicycle.

[prolesunited]

10. Give me a couple of days

I could do it. ;-) j/k

[arwalden]

4. Chicago Illinois... Is Like A Shiny Toy... The Prairie State Is Proud...

... to state that its it's pride and joy. The windy city sweeps you clean off your feet! It's charm is complete! The're knockin' ya flat. This way and that. On every downtown street.

The White Socks and the Cubs. And other sporting clubs. Makes living here a mighty nifty treat.

Smack on the lake. This is a rare port.
Someday they say... we'll have an air port.

When they say "Hi! I'm from Chi!" they mean Chicago, Illinois!

[dArKeR]

5. nice pics thanks!

[Waistdeep]

8. Is the 3rd picture of the Point?

In Hyde Park? I'll be visiting my son at UChicago next weekend. It looked familiar.

[prolesunited]

11. No, that's Oak Street Beach

The fifth picture down is closer to what would see from the Hyde Park area.

Will you be doing any sightseeing? Hope you enjoy your visit.

[ewagner]

9. Thanks for the nice pics

by accident of travel, I was born in Chicago. Haven't lived there but I still love the place.

[pmbryant]

13. Great pictures. Beautiful city.

If I hadn't just been visiting Chicago a few weeks ago, I'd be missing the place already. :-)

Thanks for the great pictures, prolesunited!

--Peter

[prolesunited]

14. You're welcome!

:hi:

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

15. Chicago

HOG Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders:

They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.
And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again.
And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger.
And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them:
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. 10
Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities;
Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness,
Bareheaded,
Shoveling,
Wrecking,
Planning,
Building, breaking, rebuilding,
Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth,
Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs,
Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle,
Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse. and under his ribs the heart of the people,
Laughing!
Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.

[VermontDem2004]

16. Incorrect

Tempe, Arizona is your type of town


Home to the best team The Sun Devils, The Cardinals, and the Fiesta Bowl



btw that is mist not smoke










upside down triangle building, pretty cool if you ask me.


MLB Spring Training





Sorry Dialup users, but there is no better place to live then Tempe Arizona when it comes to entertainment, education, restuarants, places to be social, etc.

[prolesunited]

17. So much for Greens and Dems

Let's have city wars! ;-)

[XNASA]

18. Oh yes. I often hear of Tempe compared alongside of Chicago.

Happens all the time.

[prolesunited]

19. LOL!

All the time. :eyes:

So, can you skip out early today? It's not often that it's 77 in late October.

[VermontDem2004]

20. There is nothing you can find in Chicago

you can't find in Tempe except a winning NFL team, wait a minute you can't find that in Chicago either! We are practically identical. :)

[XNASA]

23. Got me there.

"There is nothing you can find in Chicago, that you can't find in Tempe."

I'll have to remember that next time I'm walking through the Art Institute, or the Field Museum.

[prolesunited]

29. And lest we forget

the Museum of Science and Industry, the Adler Planetarium, Museum of Contemporary Art and world-renowned architecture on display throughout.

And does Tempe have TWO baseball stadiums? :P

[XNASA]

22. I'm thinking about it, very seriously.

It's our younger son's 13th BD today. So it might be fun to get home early.

Of course, since we're not in Tempe, there's really no point to try and enjoy ourselves. Is there?

[GOPisEvil]

25. Speaking of homes, I was in your former home over the weekend.

I hung out with a friend that lives in Webster. Right down the road from a certain US Government establishment I believe you are familiar with.

It was gorgeous this weekend. Seriously, not a cloud in the sky. :-)

[XNASA]

26. Not a non-toxic cloud in the sky, ................

....I'm sure you meant to say.

I bought my Schwinn Cruiser in Webster. I still have the sticker on the chain-guard to prove it.

Do any hanging out? The Cross-Eyed Seagull, Molly's, The Outpost. Any of these names sound familiar?

[GOPisEvil]

27. Heh...even the toxic clouds had the day off.

No haze; it didn't smell. I kept asking if I was where I thought I was.

We ate Sat. night at a place called Johnny Tamales, which is new. We went to the Kemah Boardwalk-thing for lunch Sunday. Everything there is owned by Landry's. Ugh. Although, the Kemah Crab House wasn't awful.

I want to ride THE BEAST next time I go. That looks like loads of fun for 9 bucks. http://www.boardwalkbeast.com/

[XNASA]

30. No Stinkadena?

Wow. A rare day indeed. If the wind is coming in directly east, or west, then the odds of smelly air is greatly reduced. The petro-plants being directly north and south of Clear Lake.

Ah, yes. The Kemah Boardwalk. Did you ride the little choo-choo? There's actually a pretty decent pizza place there. I forget the name.

Pappadeaux is on the south side of the channel. But then, you have a Pappadeaux in Austin, si? I can honestly say, I've never had a bad meal at Pappadeaux.

We used to live about 4 blocks north of NASA Rd 1, about halfway between JSC and 146. 146 being the highway that the Kemak bridge is on. Back behind a microbrew called Boondoggles.

Ride the Beast! Nothing like ripping through the Bay at 50mph. Looks like fun.

[GOPisEvil]

31. The wind was westerly!

I heard the choo-choo, but didn't see or ride it.

We are blessed with Pappdeaux and Pappacitos here in Austin. No Pappas Steakhouse or Seafood House though.

My friend thought about going to Boondoggles, but decided against it. I was just along for the ride. Next time I go down there, I'm riding The Beast. Except for the cheesy "Joe's Crab Shack" music and dancing, it looks like fun. They were doing the YMCA on the trip back to the dock. :eyes:

[prolesunited]

32. HELP!

I think my thread has been hijacked! :silly:

[GOPisEvil]

33. Er, can you describe the hijckers?

Um, those are really pretty pictures you took. Makes me want to go back for another visit. 365 days ago today, I was there. :cry:

[XNASA]

34. Yes. But it's been threadjacked by a couple of pros.

You have nothing to worry about, nothing at all.

[prolesunited]

35. OK

I guess I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride! ;-)

[Duncan Grant]

24. What a great day in Chicago...

thanks for the pics. Great homepage, too!

[RetroLounge]

28. Your pics make me miss my hometown Chicago

until the next time I visit, then I remember why I got the hell out of there. Traffic, crime, no parking, loud, smelly, expensive, too large, ex-wife lives there.

Chicago, better in Theory than practice.

Sorry, Milwaukee may not even be big enough to be a Chicago Suburb, but I like it nonetheless.

and really, it's only 90 minutes away if I get the urge...