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Nov. 24th, 2010 08:12 amOh look! Is that a train station? I think it is!
Every time I ride over the river on the El, I get this weird sense of pride. Chicago might not be Queen of Cities, we might always be Second to New York, but Chicago is, at any rate, mine, and I'm pretty pleased to live in a city of rivers and bridges and trains.
I'm leaving from Union Station this morning for a Thanksgiving holiday, and it's been a good-omen trip so far. I remembered my Christopher medal (these days I often forget) and the trains came pretty fast to get me here. Walking over the river I saw a light change and one car rear-end another, and while I was waiting for the light I watched two women get out of their respective cars, assess the nonexistent damage, shake their heads and grin at each other, and then, while I totally stared in surprise, shake hands and hug and wish each other a happy Thanksgiving.
Who does that?
CHICAGOANS. THAT'S WHO.
Then, walking into the station, I saw a red-marker graffiti on the scaffolding reading WE CAN'T STAND YOU. Someone had gone back in with a black marker over the red and changed it to WE CAN'T STAND TO BE AWAY FROM YOU.
I won't have wifi on the train, but I'll see y'all this afternoon at some point. Hope you're staying warm (or cool, depending) and having as good a Wednesday as I am.
November's almost over. THANK GOODNESS.
Every time I ride over the river on the El, I get this weird sense of pride. Chicago might not be Queen of Cities, we might always be Second to New York, but Chicago is, at any rate, mine, and I'm pretty pleased to live in a city of rivers and bridges and trains.
I'm leaving from Union Station this morning for a Thanksgiving holiday, and it's been a good-omen trip so far. I remembered my Christopher medal (these days I often forget) and the trains came pretty fast to get me here. Walking over the river I saw a light change and one car rear-end another, and while I was waiting for the light I watched two women get out of their respective cars, assess the nonexistent damage, shake their heads and grin at each other, and then, while I totally stared in surprise, shake hands and hug and wish each other a happy Thanksgiving.
Who does that?
CHICAGOANS. THAT'S WHO.
Then, walking into the station, I saw a red-marker graffiti on the scaffolding reading WE CAN'T STAND YOU. Someone had gone back in with a black marker over the red and changed it to WE CAN'T STAND TO BE AWAY FROM YOU.
I won't have wifi on the train, but I'll see y'all this afternoon at some point. Hope you're staying warm (or cool, depending) and having as good a Wednesday as I am.
November's almost over. THANK GOODNESS.
